[Smartmontools-database] WD easystore 8Tb (was: smartctl database report)

[Gabriele Pohl]

Hi Llewelyn,

On Sun, 13 May 2018 02:30:34 -0500
Llewelyn wrote:

> List - new entry.
> 
> Also bcc'd Mr Gowdy,
> 
> Thanks for your help with smartmontools.  Per the webpage 
> https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices request, here 
> is a new entry for the database
> 
> $ sudo smartctl -d sat -i /dev/sdb
> smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.13.0-37-generic] (local build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
> 
> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
> Device Model:     WDC WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0

thanks for your contribution!

We already have an open ticket to add the disk:

https://www.smartmontools.org/ticket/997

Concerning the USB-Bridge

> Device descr: WD easystore 8Tb
> USB Bridge: ?
> ID Vendor/Product:  [0x1058:0x25fb (0x3004)]
> Mfr/Prod:  WD External
> 
> Options: -d sat

"-d sat" is now the default in drivedb.h

  { "USB: Western Digital; ",
    "0x1058:0x....",
    "",
    "",
    "-d sat"
  },


Concerning a new entry on https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices

> Comment:    Easystore reportedly only available at BestBuy

I also found this statement

"The Western Digital (WD) Easystore 8TB is an external hard drive sold exclusively by Best Buy. It's sought after by many /r/datahoarder folks 
because it often (but not always) contains a WD Red 8TB drive which can be "shucked" and used in a home server among other similarly shucked Easystore drives."

here: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/7fx0i0/wd_easystore_8tb_compendium/

Mr. Gowdy has not added the device upon your CC
http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids

You only sent an excerpt of the smartctl report
and it contains a warning:

> $ sudo smartctl -d sat -i /dev/sdb
> smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.13.0-37-generic] (local build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
> 
[..]
> 
> === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
> SMART STATUS RETURN: incomplete response, ATA output registers missing
> SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
> Warning: This result is based on an Attribute check.

Because of all these things I hesitate to add an entry 
for this device in our wiki page about supported USB Devices.

@Christian: what's your opinion?

fyi and kind regards,

Gabriele
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