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PolePosition

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[SOLVED] HDD error message in logs

Hello Dear Users,

I am using Arch GNU/Linux.
Right now I can use my system without any problem.
But from time to time, I have a look in the log (dmesg and journalctl -xe).
I discovered that there is an error message regarding my HDDs.
I  had never seen such error message in the past.

dmesg reports no error message at all, I mean everything in quite normal in there.
But journalctl -xe displays, exactly every ten minutes the following error message:

Oct 22 12:26:05 zoulou udisksd[762]: Error performing housekeeping for drive /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/WDC_WD1002FBYS_02A6B0_WD_WMATV3057501: Error updating SMART data: Error sending A
                                     0000: 70 00 0b 00  00 00 00 0a  00 80 a0 00  47 00 00 00    p...........G...
                                     0010: 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00    ................
                                      (g-io-error-quark, 0)

I thought that my HDD is dying.
But I got the same error message from both 6 TB WD and 1 TB WD.

I run a Gsmartcontrol check (both "Short Self-Test" and "Conveyance Self-Test", but not the "Extended Selft-Test").
For the 1 TB WD drive there is no Error Log, but for the 6 TB WD drive there are many duplicates of the same error message (at least 38):

Error 38 [13] occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER -- ST COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC
  -- -- -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --
  84 -- 51 00 90 00 00 00 00 00 80 e0 00  Error: ICRC, ABRT 144 sectors at LBA = 0x00000080 = 128

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FEATR COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC  Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- == -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --  ---------------  --------------------
  c8 00 00 00 90 00 00 00 00 00 80 e0 00     00:03:07.288  READ DMA
  c8 00 00 00 90 00 00 00 00 00 80 e0 00     00:03:07.213  READ DMA
  c8 00 00 00 90 00 00 00 00 00 80 e0 00     00:03:07.213  READ DMA
  c8 00 00 00 38 00 00 00 00 00 40 e0 00     00:03:07.142  READ DMA
  c8 00 00 00 38 00 00 00 00 00 40 e0 00     00:03:07.138  READ DMA

There are also some other error message like:

Error 30 [5] occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER -- ST COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC
  -- -- -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --
  40 -- 51 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 20 e0 00  Error: UNC 24 sectors at LBA = 0x00000020 = 32

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FEATR COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC  Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- == -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --  ---------------  --------------------
  c8 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 20 e0 00     00:03:06.385  READ DMA
  c8 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 20 e0 00     00:03:06.381  READ DMA
  c8 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 20 e0 00     00:03:06.318  READ DMA
  47 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 13 a0 08     00:03:06.315  READ LOG DMA EXT
  ef 00 10 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0 08     00:03:06.313  SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature]

Do you have an idea?
Do you think I should run to the supermarket and buy an WD 10 TB HDD drive?

Thanks!
Me

Last edited by PolePosition (2017-11-17 17:51:37)

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Re: [SOLVED] HDD error message in logs

Dump an actual health status and test results, maybe conduct a full test. See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=SMART and forget about graphical frontends which are either junk ("disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours") or fail to tell you that this disk is toast.

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PolePosition

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Re: [SOLVED] HDD error message in logs

Hello,

I run the test:

[bastien@zoulou ~]$ su
Password: 
[root@zoulou bastien]# smartctl -t long /dev/sdd
smartctl 6.5 2016-05-07 r4318 [x86_64-linux-4.13.9-1-hardened] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION ===
Sending command: "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode".
Drive command "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful.
Testing has begun.
Please wait 208 minutes for test to complete.
Test will complete after Mon Oct 23 00:54:15 2017

Use smartctl -X to abort test.
[root@zoulou bastien]# 

And then I checked the result. It *seems* to be ok:

[root@zoulou bastien]# smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdd
smartctl 6.5 2016-05-07 r4318 [x86_64-linux-4.13.9-1-hardened] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     13276         -
# 2  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%     13270         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     13270         -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     13264         -
# 5  Conveyance offline  Completed without error       00%     13264         -
# 6  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      4355         -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      2563         -

[root@zoulou bastien]# 

What do you think?

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Re: [SOLVED] HDD error message in logs

I think I'd love to live somewhere where I can run out and buy a 10TB harddrive on a whim.

I also think that selftest logs only show part of the picture. Please post the full output of 'smartctl -a /dev/sdd' (assuming the disk is still identified as such).

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PolePosition

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Re: [SOLVED] HDD error message in logs

Hello,

Here are the result test for my two HDD :

First, the 1 TB Western Digital:

[root@zoulou bastien]# smartctl -a /dev/sdc
smartctl 6.5 2016-05-07 r4318 [x86_64-linux-4.13.9-1-hardened] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WDC WD6001FFWX-68Z39N0
Serial Number:    WD-WX21DA5FNRU0
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 60644b352
Firmware Version: 81.00A81
User Capacity:    6,001,175,126,016 bytes [6.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Form Factor:      3.5 inches
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Mon Oct 23 23:57:03 2017 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

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: 		(   90) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
					Suspend Offline collection upon new
					command.
					Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					Conveyance Self-test supported.
					Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
					power-saving mode.
					Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
					General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 ( 574) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   6) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x003d)	SCT Status supported.
					SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
					SCT Feature Control supported.
					SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   200   100   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   185   100   021    Pre-fail  Always       -       9750
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       1079
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   200   200   140    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x002e   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   095   095   000    Old_age   Always       -       4065
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       1077
 16 Unknown_Attribute       0x0022   001   199   000    Old_age   Always       -       22605076588
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   200   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       574
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   200   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       514
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   114   110   000    Old_age   Always       -       38
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   200   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   200   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   200   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0008   200   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 16 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
	CR = Command Register [HEX]
	FR = Features Register [HEX]
	SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
	SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
	CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
	CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
	DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
	DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
	ER = Error register [HEX]
	ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 16 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  84 51 90 80 00 00 e0  Error: ICRC, ABRT 144 sectors at LBA = 0x00000080 = 128

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  c8 00 90 80 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.288  READ DMA
  c8 00 90 80 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.213  READ DMA
  c8 00 90 80 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.213  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.142  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.138  READ DMA

Error 15 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  84 51 90 80 00 00 e0  Error: ICRC, ABRT 144 sectors at LBA = 0x00000080 = 128

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  c8 00 90 80 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.213  READ DMA
  c8 00 90 80 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.213  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.142  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.138  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.067  READ DMA

Error 14 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 51 38 40 00 00 e0  Error: UNC 56 sectors at LBA = 0x00000040 = 64

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.142  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.138  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.067  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.063  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:06.992  READ DMA

Error 13 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  84 51 38 40 00 00 e0  Error: ICRC, ABRT 56 sectors at LBA = 0x00000040 = 64

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:07.063  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:06.992  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:06.988  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:06.918  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:06.914  READ DMA

Error 12 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  84 51 38 40 00 00 e0  Error: ICRC, ABRT 56 sectors at LBA = 0x00000040 = 64

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:06.988  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:06.918  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:06.914  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:06.842  READ DMA
  c8 00 38 40 00 00 e0 00      00:03:06.839  READ DMA

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      4063         -
# 2  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%      4041         -
# 3  Conveyance offline  Completed without error       00%      4037         -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      4037         -
# 5  Conveyance offline  Completed without error       00%      3152         -
# 6  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      3152         -
# 7  Conveyance offline  Completed without error       00%       958         -
# 8  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       958         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

And the big one (6 TB Western Digital.):

[root@zoulou bastien]# smartctl -a /dev/sdd
smartctl 6.5 2016-05-07 r4318 [x86_64-linux-4.13.9-1-hardened] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Western Digital RE3 Serial ATA
Device Model:     WDC WD1002FBYS-02A6B0
Serial Number:    WD-WMATV3057501
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 0018e398a
Firmware Version: 03.00C06
User Capacity:    1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is:  SATA 2.5, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is:    Mon Oct 23 23:57:10 2017 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x84)	Offline data collection activity
					was suspended by an interrupting command from host.
					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: 		(18000) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
					Suspend Offline collection upon new
					command.
					Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					Conveyance Self-test supported.
					Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
					power-saving mode.
					Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
					General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 ( 208) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   5) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x303f)	SCT Status supported.
					SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
					SCT Feature Control supported.
					SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   200   200   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       1
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   253   253   021    Pre-fail  Always       -       1091
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   098   098   000    Old_age   Always       -       2721
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   200   200   140    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x002e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   082   082   000    Old_age   Always       -       13295
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   098   098   000    Old_age   Always       -       2709
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       312
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       2408
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   110   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       40
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   200   200   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0008   200   200   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     13276         -
# 2  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%     13270         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     13270         -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     13264         -
# 5  Conveyance offline  Completed without error       00%     13264         -
# 6  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      4355         -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      2563         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

[root@zoulou bastien]# 

What do you think?

Regards,
Me

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seth

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Re: [SOLVED] HDD error message in logs

No pending or re-alocated or uncorrectable sectors, even no CRC errors (usually cable if everything else is fine) - 40° on the 6TB one is rather warm but no way "too".

Your disks are fine, your graphical SMART frontend useless crap and udisksd has a bug: what does the cut off part of "Error updating SMART data: Error sending A" say in the error message?

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PolePosition

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Re: [SOLVED] HDD error message in logs

Hello,

Here is the error message I got:

Disks2/drives/WDC_WD1002FBYS_02A6B0_WD_WMATV3057501: Error updating SMART data: Error sending ATA command CHECK POWER MODE: Unexpected sense data returned:
                                     0000: 70 00 0b 00  00 00 00 0a  00 80 a0 00  47 00 00 00    p...........G...
                                     0010: 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00    ................
                                      (g-io-error-quark, 0)

I **got**, because it does not appear anylonger since 22th of October 17.06 o'clock!

If you don't mind, I have some questions for you guys:

- How often do you think I should perform a "smartctl -t long /dev/sdd" ?
- Because I guess doing it too often (for instance once a day!) would be very bad for the drive?
- From the report "smartctl -a /dev/sdd", should we only care about the last column "RAW_VALUE" and not "VALUE", "WORST", "WORST_THRESH"?

Regards!
Me

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Re: [SOLVED] HDD error message in logs

This means the drive responded weird stuff when asked about its power state (active, idle, standby) - "hdparm -C /dev/sdX" would tigger such query (and provide an answer)

Test frequency depends on your use case, the device will log incidents anyway (increasing the number, yes "RAW_VALUE" is the most interesting one) - I frankly only test on suspicious incidents on desktop/mediaserver systems.
(Also knowing that the device has an issue does not compensate for backups!)

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