On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 11:47:09AM -0800, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is a reasonable defect list size for an almost new disk
> (3 weeks - 146 GB).
> scscinfo -d gives me :
> --------------------------------------------
> Data from Defect Lists
> ----------------------
> 3060 entries in manufacturer table.
> ...
> [truncated]
> --------------------------------------------
> Which is way more than my older and smaller disk. I'm
> wondering if this is acceptable or if I have a bad disk.
306184192 sectors (give or take a few) on that disk.
3060 sectors bad at low-level format time.
While it may feel like a large number, it really isn't for the size
disk you've got.
Now, if the number of "Grown" defects starts increasing, then yes, be
worried.
Thanks,
Matt
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