nixCraft » scsi_3 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:45:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Test If Linux Server SCSI / SATA Hard Disk Going Badhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:16:21 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html One of our regular sends us a question:
How can I test if my hard disk is going bad? I see few errors in /var/log/messages file.
I/O errors in /var/log/messages indicates that something is wrong with the hard disk and it may be failing. You can check hard disk errors using smartctl command, which is control and monitor utility for SMART disks under Linux / UNIX like operating systems.]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html/feed 11 Monitoring hard disk health with smartd under Linux or UNIX operating systemshttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/monitoring-hard-disk-health-with-smartd-under-linux-or-unix-operating-systems.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/monitoring-hard-disk-health-with-smartd-under-linux-or-unix-operating-systems.html#comments Wed, 03 May 2006 14:37:00 +0000 nixcraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/monitoring-hard-disk-health-with-smartd-under-linux-or-unix-operating-systems.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/monitoring-hard-disk-health-with-smartd-under-linux-or-unix-operating-systems.html/feed 11