Hi,

I have a btrfs that conains many hardlinks. I'm using rsync to create
backups. It creates the backup of a day by (hard‐)linking the files
(inodes) they haven't changed with the files from a former day.

% find 2010-12-1[10]-00 -maxdepth 1
2010-12-10-00
2010-12-10-00/etc
2010-12-10-00/home
2010-12-10-00/root
2010-12-10-00/srv
2010-12-10-00/usr
2010-12-10-00/var
2010-12-11-00
2010-12-11-00/etc
2010-12-11-00/home
2010-12-11-00/root
2010-12-11-00/srv
2010-12-11-00/usr
2010-12-11-00/var
% stat 2010-12-1[01]-00/etc/services
  File: „2010-12-10-00/etc/services“
  Size: 18480           Blocks: 40         IO Block: 4096   reguläre Datei
Device: 15h/21d Inode: 7945534     Links: 7
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/ateo-service)   Gid: (   34/  backup)
Access: 2010-11-19 02:26:01.000000000 +0100
Modify: 2008-08-28 04:00:12.000000000 +0200
Change: 2010-12-14 07:56:19.999523630 +0100
  File: „2010-12-11-00/etc/services“
  Size: 18480           Blocks: 40         IO Block: 4096   reguläre Datei
Device: 15h/21d Inode: 7945534     Links: 7
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/ateo-service)   Gid: (   34/  backup)
Access: 2010-11-19 02:26:01.000000000 +0100
Modify: 2008-08-28 04:00:12.000000000 +0200
Change: 2010-12-14 07:56:19.999523630 +0100

When running rm -r to remove an old backup or running rsync I see the
average size of a read or a write request ist 4k. This leads to a very
bad throughput of fewer than 2MByte/s. I'm using atop to watch these
numbers.

rsync is mostly doing this:

02:54:30.027895 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070903", 
"home/peter/dump_070903") = 0
02:54:30.028398 lstat("home/peter/dump_070904", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.028475 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070904", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813608, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=6, st_size=3244, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/05-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:31}) = 0
02:54:30.028598 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070904", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.028679 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070904", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.028734 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070904", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.028783 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070904", 
"home/peter/dump_070904") = 0
02:54:30.029078 lstat("home/peter/dump_070905", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.029127 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070905", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813609, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=6, st_size=3251, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/06-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:31}) = 0
02:54:30.029226 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070905", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.029290 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070905", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.029343 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070905", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.029389 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070905", 
"home/peter/dump_070905") = 0
02:54:30.029564 lstat("home/peter/dump_070906", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.029612 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070906", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813610, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=6, st_size=3183, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/07-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:31}) = 0
02:54:30.029704 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070906", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.029767 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070906", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.029819 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070906", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.029865 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070906", 
"home/peter/dump_070906") = 0
02:54:30.030097 lstat("home/peter/dump_070907", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.030145 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070907", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813611, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=6, st_size=3239, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/08-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:31}) = 0
02:54:30.030240 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070907", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.030601 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070907", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.030658 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070907", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.030707 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070907", 
"home/peter/dump_070907") = 0
02:54:30.030913 lstat("home/peter/dump_070908", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.030964 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070908", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813612, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=5, st_size=2802, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/09-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:31}) = 0
02:54:30.031061 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070908", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.032196 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070908", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.032272 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070908", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.032320 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070908", 
"home/peter/dump_070908") = 0
02:54:30.032576 lstat("home/peter/dump_070909", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.032628 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070909", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813613, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=5, st_size=2672, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/10-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:31}) = 0
02:54:30.032728 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070909", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.032793 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070909", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.032846 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070909", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.032893 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070909", 
"home/peter/dump_070909") = 0
02:54:30.033094 lstat("home/peter/dump_070910", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.033142 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070910", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813614, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=6, st_size=3393, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/11-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:31}) = 0
02:54:30.033237 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070910", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.033902 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070910", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.033960 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070910", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.034018 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070910", 
"home/peter/dump_070910") = 0
02:54:30.034123 lstat("home/peter/dump_070911", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.034171 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070911", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813615, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=6, st_size=3340, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/12-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:32}) = 0
02:54:30.034264 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070911", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.034324 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070911", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.034376 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070911", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.036405 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070911", 
"home/peter/dump_070911") = 0
02:54:30.036986 lstat("home/peter/dump_070912", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.037045 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070912", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813616, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=6, st_size=3407, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/13-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:32}) = 0
02:54:30.037155 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070912", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.057221 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070912", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.057279 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070912", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.057347 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070912", 
"home/peter/dump_070912") = 0
02:54:30.057574 lstat("home/peter/dump_070913", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.057625 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070913", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813617, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=6, st_size=3335, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/14-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:32}) = 0
02:54:30.057724 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070913", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.057788 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070913", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.057841 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070913", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.057889 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070913", 
"home/peter/dump_070913") = 0
02:54:30.058126 lstat("home/peter/dump_070914", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.058175 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070914", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813618, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=6, st_size=3166, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/15-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:32}) = 0
02:54:30.058269 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070914", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.058332 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070914", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.058385 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070914", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.058432 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070914", 
"home/peter/dump_070914") = 0
02:54:30.058674 lstat("home/peter/dump_070915", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.058722 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070915", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813619, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=5, st_size=3056, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/16-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:32}) = 0
02:54:30.059068 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070915", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.059139 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070915", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.059192 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070915", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.059241 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070915", 
"home/peter/dump_070915") = 0
02:54:30.059513 lstat("home/peter/dump_070916", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.059568 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070916", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813620, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=5, st_size=2864, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/17-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:33}) = 0
02:54:30.100912 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070916", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.100986 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070916", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.101042 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070916", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.101091 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070916", 
"home/peter/dump_070916") = 0
02:54:30.101488 lstat("home/peter/dump_070917", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.101543 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070917", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813621, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=6, st_size=3220, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/18-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:33}) = 0
02:54:30.101646 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070917", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.101714 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070917", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.101769 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070917", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.101819 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070917", 
"home/peter/dump_070917") = 0
02:54:30.102024 lstat("home/peter/dump_070918", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.102075 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070918", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813622, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=6, st_size=3184, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/19-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:33}) = 0
02:54:30.102172 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070918", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.102237 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070918", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.102291 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070918", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.102339 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070918", 
"home/peter/dump_070918") = 0
02:54:30.102559 lstat("home/peter/dump_070919", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.102609 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070919", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813623, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=6, st_size=3275, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/20-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:33}) = 0
02:54:30.942826 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070919", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.942916 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070919", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.942977 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070919", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.943029 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070919", 
"home/peter/dump_070919") = 0
02:54:30.945281 lstat("home/peter/dump_070920", 0x7fffd17410c0) = -1 ENOENT (No 
such file or directory)
02:54:30.945375 lstat("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070920", 
{st_dev=makedev(0, 21), st_ino=9813624, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=7, 
st_uid=1000, st_gid=34, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=5, st_size=3006, 
st_atime=2010/11/20-08:25:40, st_mtime=2007/09/21-01:13:00, 
st_ctime=2010/12/14-08:08:33}) = 0
02:54:30.945500 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070920", 
"user.rsync.%stat", "100644 0,0 1001:1000", 255) = 20
02:54:30.945582 lgetxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070920", 
"user.rsync.%aacl", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
02:54:30.945639 llistxattr("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070920", 
0x1612800, 1024) = 17
02:54:30.945691 link("../2010-12-14-00/home/peter/dump_070920", 
"home/peter/dump_070920") = 0

and rm is mostly doing that:

unlinkat(8, "TERASSE_01.jpg", 0)        = 0
unlinkat(8, "TERASSE_02-600x470.jpg", 0) = 0
unlinkat(8, "TERASSE_02.jpg", 0)        = 0
unlinkat(8, "TERASSE_03-600x463.jpg", 0) = 0
unlinkat(8, "TERASSE_03.jpg", 0)        = 0
unlinkat(8, "TERASSE_04-600x466.jpg", 0) = 0
unlinkat(8, "TERASSE_04.jpg", 0)        = 0
close(8)                                = 0
unlinkat(6, "pic", AT_REMOVEDIR)        = 0
close(6)                                = 0
unlinkat(4, "fuerte", AT_REMOVEDIR)     = 0
newfstatat(4, "fuerteventura_elba_sara", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0777, st_size=448, 
...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) = 0
openat(4, "fuerteventura_elba_sara", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) 
= 3
fcntl(3, F_GETFD)                       = 0
fcntl(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)           = 0
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0777, st_size=448, ...}) = 0
fcntl(3, F_GETFL)                       = 0x18800 (flags 
O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY)
fcntl(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)           = 0
fcntl(3, F_DUPFD, 3)                    = 6
fcntl(6, F_GETFD)                       = 0
fcntl(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)           = 0
getdents(3, /* 15 entries */, 32768)    = 568
getdents(3, /* 0 entries */, 32768)     = 0
close(3)                                = 0
unlinkat(6, "beschreibung.php3", 0)     = 0
unlinkat(6, "buchungsanfrage.php3", 0)  = 0
unlinkat(6, "buchungsanfrage_danke.php3", 0) = 0
unlinkat(6, "buchungsanfrage_formular.php3", 0) = 0
unlinkat(6, "buchungsanfragenavi.php3", 0) = 0
unlinkat(6, "email_gen.php3", 0)        = 0
unlinkat(6, "fotos.php3", 0)            = 0

Now, the question is, what can I do to increase the throughput? Can I
make btrfs caches more aggressively?

% free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          3006       2696        310          0          5       2098
-/+ buffers/cache:        591       2414
Swap:            0          0          0

# smartctl -i /dev/sdb
smartctl 5.40 2010-07-12 r3124 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Western Digital Caviar Green (Adv. Format) family
Device Model:     WDC WD15EARS-00MVWB0
Serial Number:    WD-WCAZA1548514
Firmware Version: 51.0AB51
User Capacity:    1.500.301.910.016 bytes
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:    Thu Dec 16 13:28:50 2010 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

Should I provide more informations?

Bye, Jörg.

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