On Aug 20, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Diane Bruce wrote: > On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 01:34:41PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote: >> On Aug 19, 2011, at 11:24 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 09:39:17PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > ... >>>> Information such as this? >>>> http://beta.freebsddiary.org/smart-fixing-bad-sector.php > ... >>> 3) A very high temperature of 51C (SMART attribute 194). If this drive >>> is in an enclosure or in a system with no fans this would be > > ... > > eh? What's the temperature of the second drive?
Roughly the same: [root@bast:/home/dan/tmp] # smartctl -a /dev/ad2 | grep -i temp 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 080 076 042 Old_age Always - 51 [root@bast:/home/dan/tmp] # smartctl -a /dev/ad0 | grep -i temp 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 081 074 042 Old_age Always - 49 [root@bast:/home/dan/tmp] # FYI, when I first set up smartd, I questioned those values. The HDD in question, at the time, did not feel hot to the touch. > > ... > >> This is an older system. I suspect insufficient ventilation. I'll look at >> getting >> a new case fan, if not some HDD fans. > > ... > >>> I still suggest you replace the drive, although given its age I doubt > > Older drive and errors starting to happen, replace ASAP. > >>> you'll be able to find a suitable replacement. I tend to keep disks >>> like this around for testing/experimental purposes and not for actual >>> use. >> >> I have several unused 80GB HDD I can place into this system. I think that's >> what I'll wind up doing. But I'd like to follow this process through and >> get it documented >> for future reference. > > If the data is valuable, the sooner the better. > It's actually somewhat saner if the two drives are not from the same lot. Noted. -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
