Another case of the vanishing disk

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:28:31 -0500
cruxpot <cruxpot at gmail.com> wrote:

> All four disks have similar smartctl stats as far as those alarms go.
> Are you trying to tell me that all four of my disks are about to die?
> The sudden crashes have already been happening.

it also could a problem with the motherboard or power supply. It is
only hard to believe that a problem from the motherboard affects raw
error rate. It is a bit more likely that your power supply is just on
its limits and small drops in the 5/12V supply lines cause the problem.

Erich
> 
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Erich Dollansky
> <erichsfreebsdlist at alogt.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > get a new disk as fast as possible.
> >
> > On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 23:48:58 -0500
> > cruxpot <cruxpot at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> messages:Mar 13 03:03:11 bsdbox kernel: ata4: port is not ready
> >> (timeout 15000ms) tfd = 0000ffff
> >
> > First alarm bell is on.
> >
> >> UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
> >>   1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   100   099   006    Pre-fail
> >> Always       -       1476032
> >
> > Second alarm bell.
> >
> >>   7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   078   060   030    Pre-fail
> >> Always       -       64570250
> >
> > Third alarm bell.
> >
> >>   9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   077   077   000    Old_age
> >> Always       -       20524
> >
> > Warranty should be still on then.
> >
> >> 188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   097   000    Old_age
> >> Always       -       50
> >
> > Fourth alarm bell.
> >
> >> 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   037   004   000    Old_age
> >> Always       -       1476032
> >
> > I think I cannot count that far.
> >
> > A disk with raw errors is not dead yet but it is a clear sign that
> > something is wrong. Be prepared for a sudden crash.
> >
> > Erich
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