From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 17 18:06:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75CDF16A4CE for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:06:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2865743D46 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:06:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) id i7HI6X4i075320; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:06:33 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:06:33 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: doug@polands.org Message-ID: <20040817180633.GF53307@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20040817155512.GB21780@omniresources.com> <20040817160819.GA53307@dan.emsphone.com> <20040817165258.GD21780@omniresources.com> <20040817170415.GD53307@dan.emsphone.com> <20040817174055.GG21780@omniresources.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040817174055.GG21780@omniresources.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Harddrive beginning to expire? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:06:34 -0000 In the last episode (Aug 17), doug@polands.org said: > On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:04:15PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > > You can run them at any time. The AWRE change should be immediate, and > > the defects command is just a status inquiry and won't affect anything. > > > > Some drives don't update the current settings until the drive is reset, > > so if "camcontrol mode da5 -m 1 -P 0" shows AWRE at 0 while "-P 3" > > shows it at 1, you may need to reset the drive ("camcontrol reset da5" > > with the vinum volume dismounted, or a power-cycle). > > > Curious, both camcontrol commands show: > > AWRE (Auto Write Reallocation Enbld): 1 > > So it would appear that AWRE has been enabled all along. Here's a > unique list (and count) of the errors since 10 Aug: Strange. > 43 (da5:ahc0:0:5:0): WRITE(06). CDB: a 0 1 f9 a This is the block you have to be worried about. It's definitely either a file or metadata that gets modified a lot. If the drive isn't reallocating the block, it may be easier to just replace it. SCSI drives usually have a 5-year warranty, so check the vendor's site and see if you can get them to replace it. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com