smartctl results - should I be concerned?

Amitz

Dear all,

I have just received a Hetzner server from their auction site with 2x 3TB drives. I ran smartmontools and got the following results:

Drive SDA

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   082   063   044    Pre-fail  Always       -       177042076
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   092   092   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       9
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   085   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       349784465
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   088   088   000    Old_age   Always       -       11264
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       9
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   058   052   045    Old_age   Always       -       42 (Min/Max 29/42)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       5
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       9
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   042   048   000    Old_age   Always       -       42 (0 24 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   022   007   000    Old_age   Always       -       177042076
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

Drive SDB

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   077   063   044    Pre-fail  Always       -       54727912
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   092   092   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       9
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   085   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       4645987617
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   088   088   000    Old_age   Always       -       11264
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       9
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   059   052   045    Old_age   Always       -       41 (Min/Max 28/41)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       5
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       9
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   041   048   000    Old_age   Always       -       41 (0 23 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   017   007   000    Old_age   Always       -       54727912
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

Should I be concerned about the high values for "Raw_Read_Error_Rate", "Seek_Error_Rate" and "Hardware_ECC_Recovered", or are those values within reasonable limits?

Thank you very much for your hints!

Kind regards

Amitz

rds100

Don't be concerned. These values only have meaning to the manufacturer of the HDD, smartctl doesn't know how to decode them in a meaningful form.
The only concern should be that the airflow temperature is a little high at 42C, but it is still OK.

rm_

said: Should I be concerned about the high values for "Raw_Read_Error_Rate", "Seek_Error_Rate" and "Hardware_ECC_Recovered", or are those values within reasonable limits?

Well congratulations [or maybe not] on seeing your first ever Seagate SMART.

And yes it's not a cause for concern, all their drives behave like that, just a small manufacturer-specific quirk (or it can be argued that all other manufacturers lie by showing all zeroes in those values).

Amitz

Ah! Thanks to both of you! So this is a Seagate specific problem? That would explain why I have never seen values like this on other servers - "my" HDDs have always been from other brands...

rm_

Amitz said: So this is a Seagate specific problem?

Specific yes, but it's not a problem.

Amitz

Even better! ;-)