1) The man page of smartctl is not much helpful in figuring out what various fields in the output of "smartctl -a" stand for. For example, what does fields such as Raw_Read_Error_Rate, Seek_Error_Rate, Hardware_ECC_Recovered, Multi_Zone_Error_Rate mean? Is there any page that describes all these fields in good detail?
2) Can someone please tell me if this hard drive is dying. The following is the difference between two smartctl outputs that are a week apart. $diff smartctl_20120905 smartctl_20120912 14c14 < Local Time is: Wed Sep 5 21:55:18 2012 EDT --- > Local Time is: Wed Sep 12 20:03:10 2012 EDT 58c58 < 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 046 Pre-fail Always - 74727 --- > 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 046 Pre-fail Always > - 108562 61c61 < 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 2242 --- > 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always > - 2244 63c63 < 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1872 --- > 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 100 000 Old_age Always > - 3683 65c65 < 9 Power_On_Seconds 0x0032 023 023 000 Old_age Always - 38808h+46m+11s --- > 9 Power_On_Seconds 0x0032 023 023 000 Old_age Always > - 38965h+50m+24s 67c67 < 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1717 --- > 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always > - 1719 69,71c69,71 < 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 069 069 000 Old_age Always - 635379 < 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 090 000 Old_age Always - 51 (Min/Max 8/62) < 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 9258 --- > 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 069 069 000 Old_age Always > - 635384 > 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 090 000 Old_age Always > - 49 (Min/Max 8/62) > 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always > - 15601 76,77c76,77 < 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1038 < 203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3732311179847 --- > 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 100 000 Old_age Always > - 5133 > 203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always > - 2632791622157 I am also attaching smartctl_20120912 as http://pastebin.com/L5gRvQPV . This file is generated by $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda > smartctl_20120912 This is a hard drive in Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop. Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- 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/k2shbm$1la$1...@ger.gmane.org
