Now that r730-01 is booting from SATADOM devices (which are directly attached to the M/B, thereby freeing up drives bays / PCIe slots for larger devices), I thought it wise to buy a second pair. For two reasons:
- The price of used devices was pretty good
- It’s good to have spares nearby
In this post:
- FreeBSD 14.3
- smartmontools-7.5
smartctl info
Here is the SMART info.
root@r730-04:~ # smartctl -x /dev/ada0
smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: SATADOM-ML 3MG2-P
Serial Number: 20170718AA0000185541
Firmware Version: M150821i
User Capacity: 124,034,899,968 bytes [124 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
TRIM Command: Available, deterministic, zeroed
Device is: Not in smartctl database 7.5/5706
ATA Version is: ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Wed Nov 26 18:55:34 2025 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is: Disabled
APM feature is: Unavailable
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is: Enabled
DSN feature is: Unavailable
ATA Security is: Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x71) SMART execute Offline immediate.
No Auto Offline data collection support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
No Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0002) Does not save SMART data before
entering power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAGS VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate ------ 100 100 000 - 0
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct ------ 100 100 000 - 0
9 Power_On_Hours ------ 100 100 000 - 3
12 Power_Cycle_Count ------ 100 100 000 - 45
160 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 0
161 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 431
163 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 35
164 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 12203
165 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 10
166 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 0
167 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 2
168 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 20000
169 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 100
175 Program_Fail_Count_Chip ------ 100 100 000 - 0
176 Erase_Fail_Count_Chip ------ 100 100 000 - 0
177 Wear_Leveling_Count ------ 100 100 050 - 0
178 Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Chip ------ 100 100 000 - 0
181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total ------ 100 100 000 - 0
182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total ------ 100 100 000 - 0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count ------ 100 100 000 - 0
194 Temperature_Celsius ------ 100 100 000 - 40
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered ------ 100 100 000 - 0
196 Reallocated_Event_Count ------ 100 100 016 - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector ------ 100 100 000 - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable ------ 100 100 000 - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count ------ 100 100 050 - 0
232 Available_Reservd_Space ------ 100 100 000 - 100
241 Total_LBAs_Written ------ 100 100 000 - 11338
242 Total_LBAs_Read ------ 100 100 000 - 73910
245 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 12203
||||||_ K auto-keep
|||||__ C event count
||||___ R error rate
|||____ S speed/performance
||_____ O updated online
|______ P prefailure warning
General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address Access R/W Size Description
0x00 GPL,SL R/O 1 Log Directory
0x01 GPL,SL R/O 1 Summary SMART error log
0x02 GPL,SL R/O 1 Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03 GPL,SL R/O 1 Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04 GPL,SL R/O 8 Device Statistics log
0x06 GPL,SL R/O 1 SMART self-test log
0x07 GPL,SL R/O 1 Extended self-test log
0x09 GPL,SL R/W 1 Selective self-test log
0x10 GPL,SL R/O 1 NCQ Command Error log
0x30 GPL,SL R/O 9 IDENTIFY DEVICE data log
0x80-0x9f GPL,SL R/W 16 Host vendor specific log
SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
No Errors Logged
SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
6 0 65535 Read_scanning was never started
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
SCT Commands not supported
Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page Offset Size Value Flags Description
0x01 ===== = = === == General Statistics (rev 2) ==
0x01 0x008 4 45 --- Lifetime Power-On Resets
0x01 0x010 4 3 --- Power-on Hours
0x01 0x018 6 743069739 --- Logical Sectors Written
0x01 0x020 6 730490 --- Number of Write Commands
0x01 0x028 6 548848490 --- Logical Sectors Read
0x01 0x030 6 417357704 --- Number of Read Commands
0x02 ===== = = === == Free-Fall Statistics (empty) ==
0x03 ===== = = === == Rotating Media Statistics (empty) ==
0x04 ===== = = === == General Errors Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x04 0x008 4 0 --- Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors
0x04 0x010 4 0 --- Resets Between Cmd Acceptance and Completion
0x05 ===== = = === == Temperature Statistics (empty) ==
0x06 ===== = = === == Transport Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x06 0x008 4 158 --- Number of Hardware Resets
0x06 0x018 4 0 --- Number of Interface CRC Errors
0x07 ===== = = === == Solid State Device Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x07 0x008 1 0 --- Percentage Used Endurance Indicator
|||_ C monitored condition met
||__ D supports DSN
|___ N normalized value
Pending Defects log (GP Log 0x0c) not supported
SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11) not supported
Next drive:
root@r730-04:~ # smartctl -x /dev/ada1
smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: SATADOM-ML 3MG2-P
Serial Number: 20170718AA0000185552
Firmware Version: M150821i
User Capacity: 124,034,899,968 bytes [124 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
TRIM Command: Available, deterministic, zeroed
Device is: Not in smartctl database 7.5/5706
ATA Version is: ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Wed Nov 26 18:58:36 2025 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is: Disabled
APM feature is: Unavailable
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is: Enabled
DSN feature is: Unavailable
ATA Security is: Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x71) SMART execute Offline immediate.
No Auto Offline data collection support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
No Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0002) Does not save SMART data before
entering power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAGS VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate ------ 100 100 000 - 0
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct ------ 100 100 000 - 0
9 Power_On_Hours ------ 100 100 000 - 6209
12 Power_Cycle_Count ------ 100 100 000 - 45
160 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 0
161 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 421
163 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 45
164 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 1261168
165 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 330
166 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 229
167 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 303
168 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 20000
169 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 99
175 Program_Fail_Count_Chip ------ 100 100 000 - 0
176 Erase_Fail_Count_Chip ------ 100 100 000 - 0
177 Wear_Leveling_Count ------ 100 100 050 - 1435
178 Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Chip ------ 100 100 000 - 0
181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total ------ 100 100 000 - 0
182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total ------ 100 100 000 - 0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count ------ 100 100 000 - 4
194 Temperature_Celsius ------ 100 100 000 - 40
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered ------ 100 100 000 - 0
196 Reallocated_Event_Count ------ 100 100 016 - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector ------ 100 100 000 - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable ------ 100 100 000 - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count ------ 100 100 050 - 0
232 Available_Reservd_Space ------ 100 100 000 - 100
241 Total_LBAs_Written ------ 100 100 000 - 296344
242 Total_LBAs_Read ------ 100 100 000 - 37800
245 Unknown_Attribute ------ 100 100 000 - 1261168
||||||_ K auto-keep
|||||__ C event count
||||___ R error rate
|||____ S speed/performance
||_____ O updated online
|______ P prefailure warning
General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address Access R/W Size Description
0x00 GPL,SL R/O 1 Log Directory
0x01 GPL,SL R/O 1 Summary SMART error log
0x02 GPL,SL R/O 1 Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03 GPL,SL R/O 1 Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04 GPL,SL R/O 8 Device Statistics log
0x06 GPL,SL R/O 1 SMART self-test log
0x07 GPL,SL R/O 1 Extended self-test log
0x09 GPL,SL R/W 1 Selective self-test log
0x10 GPL,SL R/O 1 NCQ Command Error log
0x30 GPL,SL R/O 9 IDENTIFY DEVICE data log
0x80-0x9f GPL,SL R/W 16 Host vendor specific log
SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
No Errors Logged
SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
6 0 65535 Read_scanning was never started
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
SCT Commands not supported
Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page Offset Size Value Flags Description
0x01 ===== = = === == General Statistics (rev 2) ==
0x01 0x008 4 45 --- Lifetime Power-On Resets
0x01 0x010 4 6209 --- Power-on Hours
0x01 0x018 6 2241365693 --- Logical Sectors Written
0x01 0x020 6 550255045 --- Number of Write Commands
0x01 0x028 6 2477298307 --- Logical Sectors Read
0x01 0x030 6 210478148 --- Number of Read Commands
0x02 ===== = = === == Free-Fall Statistics (empty) ==
0x03 ===== = = === == Rotating Media Statistics (empty) ==
0x04 ===== = = === == General Errors Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x04 0x008 4 0 --- Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors
0x04 0x010 4 4 --- Resets Between Cmd Acceptance and Completion
0x05 ===== = = === == Temperature Statistics (empty) ==
0x06 ===== = = === == Transport Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x06 0x008 4 158 --- Number of Hardware Resets
0x06 0x018 4 0 --- Number of Interface CRC Errors
0x07 ===== = = === == Solid State Device Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x07 0x008 1 1 --- Percentage Used Endurance Indicator
|||_ C monitored condition met
||__ D supports DSN
|___ N normalized value
Pending Defects log (GP Log 0x0c) not supported
SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11) not supported
My notes
The power on hours are 6209 and 3 respectively. In a previous post, the first pair of SATADOMS had similar hours: They were 6511 and 2.
I suspect these devices were from the same batch of hosts.
With 296344 LBA written, with a sector size of 512 bytes, that’s 152 MB written. That’s nothing. I reckon these are good value for what I’ve paid (about US$84).
