smartctl hdd test results interpretation please!

Completely Clueless · 04-13-2014, 06:51 PM

Hi all,

I've run a test on this spare laptop drive I'm planning to use to try out a new distro, but have been unable to glean much from the results. Can some kind soul perform an interpretation and inform me if this drive is ok, not bad, or on its last legs?

It's very late here now so I won't be able to respond further 'til tomorrow, should any queries arise...

Cheers,
CC.

Code:

root@sysresccd /root % smartctl --all /dev/sda
smartctl version 5.38 [i486-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Momentus 5400.2 series
Device Model:     ST96812AS
Serial Number:    5PJ67BZP
Firmware Version: 3.14
User Capacity:    60,011,642,880 bytes
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   7
ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:    Sun Apr 13 18:37:47 2014 UTC
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: 		 ( 426) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
					Suspend Offline collection upon new
					command.
					Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					No 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.
					No General Purpose Logging support.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (  84) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x0001)	SCT Status supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   111   100   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       31132211
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   097   097   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   098   098   020    Old_age   Always       -       2620
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   079   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       85821123
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   096   096   000    Old_age   Always       -       4352
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   034    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   098   098   020    Old_age   Always       -       2597
187 Reported_Uncorrect      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   065   048   045    Old_age   Always       -       35 (Lifetime Min/Max 17/35)
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       114
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   020   020   000    Old_age   Always       -       160848
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   035   052   000    Old_age   Always       -       35 (0 12 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   094   051   000    Old_age   Always       -       171901471
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
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
202 TA_Increase_Count       0x0032   100   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]


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.

TobiSGD · 04-13-2014, 07:01 PM

No reallocated sectors and no reallocation pending, only about 4300 hours in use, I personally would use that drive.

brak44 · 04-13-2014, 07:05 PM

It's an oldie but a goodie.
No Current_Pending_Sector or Offline_Uncorrectable sectors.

metaschima · 04-13-2014, 08:12 PM

Code:

193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   020   020   000    Old_age   Always       -       160848

This is the only attribute that is concerning. I recommend you disable power saving mode on the HDD, otherwise it will keep spinning itself down, and it's only rated at so many spin-ups. This is a common problem with laptop HDDs. So run this on every boot:

Code:

hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda

This attribute is NOT pre-fail, and the other attributes look good, so you can use it for quite a while. I recommend running SMART long tests (smartctl -t long /dev/sda) at set intervals to help detect future failure potential. This does NOT eliminate the possibility of failure without any warning whatsoever, which can happen, so backup your data.

Completely Clueless · 04-14-2014, 08:19 AM

Thanks, guys. All noted.