Comments on: Test If Linux Server SCSI / SATA Hard Disk Going Bad http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:17:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: icebrian http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-151480 icebrian Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:20:08 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-151480 Also pardon my ignorace, but could you check http://pastebin.com/m17a6af7b I have four drives there and I suspect one may-be two are faulty (no possible repair). Also pardon my ignorace, but could you check http://pastebin.com/m17a6af7b I have four drives there and I suspect one may-be two are faulty (no possible repair).

]]> By: Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-148714 Vivek Gite Tue, 26 May 2009 23:45:57 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-148714 a healthy drive a healthy drive

]]> By: mike http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-148713 mike Tue, 26 May 2009 23:32:20 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-148713 Pardon my ignorance, but is your output that of a failing drive or a healthy drive? I have very similar output, after just dealing with filesystem problems fixed with e2fsck. My output http://paste.ubuntu.com/181613/ Thanks! Pardon my ignorance, but is your output that of a failing drive or a healthy drive? I have very similar output, after just dealing with filesystem problems fixed with e2fsck. My output http://paste.ubuntu.com/181613/ Thanks!

]]> By: Zen of Linux http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-147108 Zen of Linux Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:14:25 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-147108 Thank you for your post! It was of great help while compiling <a href="http://linux.goeszen.com/improve-hard-drive-management-with-smart.html" rel="nofollow">my view</a> on things, while testing capabilities of SMART to monitor my drives and if it is of any help to predict when a drive will die. Thank you for your post! It was of great help while compiling my view on things, while testing capabilities of SMART to monitor my drives and if it is of any help to predict when a drive will die.

]]> By: Brett Cave http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-142203 Brett Cave Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:01:47 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-142203 Badblocks has both "non-destructive" and "destructive" modes of testing (write vs read). read the man page to avoid data loss. (I learnt the hard way:) Badblocks has both “non-destructive” and “destructive” modes of testing (write vs read).

read the man page to avoid data loss. (I learnt the hard way:)

]]> By: Karl O. Pinc http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-140715 Karl O. Pinc Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:29:12 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-140715 The <code>badblocks</code> utility, part of the e2fs suite of tools, is good way to test a drive. It is probably more through than the on-drive smart diagnostics, when run in write mode. The down side of write mode is that it destroys any existing data -- although this can be an advantage if you wish to throughly remove all data from a drive. <code>badblocks</code> works on non-smart capable drives as well. The badblocks utility, part of the e2fs suite of tools, is good way to test a drive. It is probably more through than the on-drive smart diagnostics, when run in write mode. The down side of write mode is that it destroys any existing data — although this can be an advantage if you wish to throughly remove all data from a drive. badblocks works on non-smart capable drives as well.

]]> By: Jayesh http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-140403 Jayesh Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:51:12 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-140403 Really Thanks a lot for such usefull information. Thanks for sharing that. Cheers..!! Really Thanks a lot for such usefull information. Thanks for sharing that.
Cheers..!!

]]> By: vivek http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-140384 vivek Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:43:29 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-140384 Bruno, Yes, no tool is perfect; admin must use on his/her experience while diagnosing a problem. I’m downloading and reading PDF. Appreciate your post. Bruno,

Yes, no tool is perfect; admin must use on his/her experience while diagnosing a problem. I’m downloading and reading PDF.

Appreciate your post.

]]> By: Bruno http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-140376 Bruno Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:07:17 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comment-140376 Don't expect too much from SMART : Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population http://www.usenix.org/events/fast07/tech/full_papers/pinheiro/pinheiro.pdf We present data collected from detailed observations of a large disk drive population in a production Internet services deployment ... models based on SMART parameters alone are unlikely to be useful for predicting individual drive failures. ... Don’t expect too much from SMART : Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population http://www.usenix.org/events/fast07/tech/full_papers/pinheiro/pinheiro.pdf
We present data collected from detailed observations of a large disk drive population in a production Internet services deployment
… models based on SMART parameters alone are unlikely to be useful for predicting individual drive failures. …

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