On 09/06/11 13:46, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/07/2011 08:02 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > [snip] >> >> - install SMART utilities and run "smartctl -A /dev/<your drive> -- the >> first line is usually the "raw read error" rate -- if the value (last >> entry on the line) is anything except 0, that's the sign that your drive >> is failing, if it's in the 1000s, failure is imminent, it's just that >> your drive's internal software is hiding it from you - replace it! >> > > Then why does smartctl give my disk a green light? > > http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson/smart_window.png >
Is that a TravelStar? Try running the extended tests and setting it for offline data collection. I've got two "factory refurbished" ones that show 0 where yours shows a scary 589825. That mine had to be refurbished means they were sent back...and I've heard stories of hundreds sent back to the factory when a rollout of Ipex boxes found 1 in 5 were dying during the initial imaging. What is the raw value for Reallocation for event count? Cheers -- Tuttle? His name's Buttle. There must be some mistake. Mistake? [Chuckles] We don't make mistakes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df07948.9080...@gmail.com
