[smartmontools-support] Tests take 1min on HDD!?

[David Niklas]

On Thu, 30 May 2019 13:29:32 +0200
Gabriele Pohl <gp at dipohl.de> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> On Wed, 29 May 2019 22:35:49 -0400
> David Niklas wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 May 2019 22:30:16 -0400
> > David Niklas <doark at mail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The following is the output of smartctl -a /dev/sdb it says that
> > > long tests take only 1 min.
>
> > Oops, I sent the wrong drive info. It's my /dev/sda and /dev/sdc
> > drives 24 seconds is a really fast long test time for an HDD.
> > I'll paste the output of all 3 in order.
>
> > === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
> > Model Family:     Hitachi/HGST Ultrastar 7K4000
> > Device Model:     Hitachi HUS724030ALE641
> > Serial Number:    P8GLNYJP
> > [...]
> > General SMART Values:
> > Offline data collection status:  (0x82)	Offline data
> > collection activity was completed without error.
> > 					Auto Offline Data Collection:
> > Enabled. Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous
> > self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever
> > 					been run.
> > Total time to complete Offline
> > data collection: 		(   24) seconds.
>
> ^^ fyi: this is _not_ the time for the extended selftest ("-t long")
>
> This routine is run automatically every four hours
> and updates the SMART attributes that are marked
> as "Offline" in column "UPDATED"

Sorry, I need to go to bed instead of fixing the problems of the universe
at night. :)

> > Short self-test routine
> > recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
> > Extended self-test routine
> > recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
>
> Yes, that sounds weird..
>
> You may observe how long the test will need in reality
>
<snip>
>
> and then poll the progress with this command:
>
<snip>

Done.
The HDD says that there is no self test in progress -- even after 30s. I
know I've run successful self tests before, it's even in the smart log.

Any clue what's going on guys?

Thanks,
David