<div dir="ltr">Hi all, <div><br></div><div>I hoped I could reply to my question from some time ago with more info. Here is a link to the output from smartctl for two drives I think are failing. Would someone help me confirm?</div><div><br></div><div>The first one doesn't have all that many hours on it.</div><div><br></div><div><ol class="gmail-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,"Lucida Console","Liberation Mono","DejaVu Sans Mono","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",monospace,serif;margin:0px"><li class="gmail-li1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:decimal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(172,172,172)"><div class="gmail-de1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 8px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);border-left:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;white-space:pre-wrap">Model Family:     Western Digital Caviar Black
</div></li><li class="gmail-li1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:decimal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(172,172,172)"><div class="gmail-de1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 8px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);border-left:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;white-space:pre-wrap">Device Model:     WDC WD1502FAEX-007BA0</div></li></ol></div><div><ol class="gmail-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,"Lucida Console","Liberation Mono","DejaVu Sans Mono","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",monospace,serif;margin:0px"><li class="gmail-li1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:decimal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(172,172,172)"><div class="gmail-de1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 8px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);border-left:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;white-space:pre-wrap">Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
</div></li><li class="gmail-li1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:decimal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(172,172,172)"><div class="gmail-de1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 8px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);border-left:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;white-space:pre-wrap"># 1  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       80%     25420         556876652</div></li></ol></div><div><a href="https://pastebin.com/P2uvFxfa">https://pastebin.com/P2uvFxfa</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I've also tried to run badblocks on the area around that bad sector, and it's succeeded.</div><div><br></div><div><ol class="gmail-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,"Lucida Console","Liberation Mono","DejaVu Sans Mono","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",monospace,serif;margin:0px"><li class="gmail-li1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:decimal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(172,172,172)"><div class="gmail-de1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 8px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);border-left:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;white-space:pre-wrap">Model Family:     Western Digital Caviar Black
</div></li><li class="gmail-li1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:decimal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(172,172,172)"><div class="gmail-de1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 8px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);border-left:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;white-space:pre-wrap">Device Model:     WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0
</div></li><li class="gmail-li1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:decimal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(172,172,172)"><div class="gmail-de1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 8px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);border-left:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;white-space:pre-wrap">Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
</div></li><li class="gmail-li1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:decimal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(172,172,172)"><div class="gmail-de1" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 8px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);border-left:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;white-space:pre-wrap"># 1  Short offline       Completed: read failure       90%     57452         642360</div></li></ol><a href="https://pastebin.com/PQUfS222">https://pastebin.com/PQUfS222</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Any ideas greatly appreciated.</div><div>Thanks,<br>Alex</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 5:29 PM Alex <<a href="mailto:mysqlstudent@gmail.com">mysqlstudent@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div>I have an older WD1502FAEX 1.5TB disk that fails a smartctl short and long test at virtually the same place on the disk with a read error. However, running badblocks over the same place on the disk where smartctl fails has no problem, even after multiple read/write passes.</div><div><br></div><div>Which test do I believe? Is this a reliable disk?</div><div><br></div><div>If they're just read errors, isn't there some mechanism to relocate those bad sectors or just mark them as unusable and move on?</div><div><br></div><div>This disk is being tested on another system or I otherwise would have provided more actual output here. Please let me know if there's something specific I can provide to help determine how I should proceed.</div><div><br></div></div>
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