[Smartmontools-database] WD easystore 8Tb

Llewelyn vtest777 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 3 15:02:48 CET 2018


Understood.

Let me know if you want more info.  It's been so long since I submitted 
the issue, I'm afraid I'll need step by step instructions -- to be 
honest I'd forgotten all about it!

Thanks for all the work.  Vielen Danke


On 01/11/2018 09:32, Gabriele Pohl wrote:
> 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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