Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:24:00 -0400 From: Matthew Hagerty <matthew@digitalstratum.com> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hard disk going-bad detection Message-ID: <44F3C160.3020300@digitalstratum.com> In-Reply-To: <44F3A30C.1080305@centtech.com> References: <44F3A211.7050907@digitalstratum.com> <44F3A30C.1080305@centtech.com>
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Eric Anderson wrote: > On 08/28/06 21:10, Matthew Hagerty wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I have a hard drive that every now and then makes a sound like the >> head is moving from one extreme to the other, then parking. It is >> hard to explain, kind of a towk-kok-click with a metallic ring to >> it. If you have heard a drive do this before, you know the sound. I >> heard a drive do this to me a few months ago and it failed shortly >> thereafter. >> >> I have 3 drives in the system so it is very hard to know which drive >> it is, so in an attempt to get a new drive before the one fails out >> right, is there any way I can test the drives in place? One drive is >> primarily my system disk (20G), the second (120G) has /usr mounted on >> it, and the third (120G) is mounted, rsync'd, umounted every night to >> make a backup of the other two. So, the backup drive I can test no >> problem, even destructively if necessary. However, the two that make >> up the active system I would like to be able to test without >> disrupting normal operation if possible? But, I'll take the box >> offline for a bit if necessary. Any insight would be greatly >> appreciated. > > > > You didn't mention what type of drives, so I'll assume ATA. Take a > look at smartd. > > Eric > > Sorry, forgot that part. Yes, they are ATA-100 (IBM deskstar if I remember correctly). I'll look into smartd, thanks for the info! Matthew
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