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Date:      Sun, 27 Nov 2022 11:10:41 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        FreeBSD User <freebsd@walstatt-de.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: CAM: extract HDD informations about failure/to fail?
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On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 8:15 AM FreeBSD User <freebsd@walstatt-de.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> well, the aim of my post sounds strange, but I'm serious.
> Background: I run at home a 14-CURRENT based server with a ZFS volume
> (RAIDZ) comprised from
> 4x 4 TB HDD. A couple of days I had to exchange the HGST NAS drives since
> one got a permanent
> SMART error. So all HDDs have been replaced by now with four times Seagte
> IronWolfe Pro 4TB
> drives. So far, so good.
> Now I face a weird sound sourcing at one of the new HDDs. The box is
> supposed to be a heavy
> duty poudriere build facility, so the drives are up 24/7. It seems that
> one (or even more)
> drives emitt a weird sound like the spindle motor is loosing for a
> fraction of a second power
> and spiining up the the drive again. Searching the net reveals that at
> least one Seagate
> customer did have the same issue and he provided an audio file of that
> very weird sound, to be
> found here:
>
> Post at reddit:
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/sca6al/seagate_ironwolf_pro_making_weird_noise/
>
> and herin the post of the audio file:
>
>  https://www.mediafire.com/file/x3le816qsakiff9/Hdd.mp4/file
>
> I checked S.M.A.R.T for any unusual data, but everything is fine. The
> values for
>
> Power_Cycle_Count
> Power-Off_Retract_Count
> Start_Stop_Count
>
> seem all within a reasonable range compared to the life time in hours (did
> some simple
> statistsics ), nothing looks unusual.
>
> Also, the advanced view onto each drive via
>
> smartctl -x
>
> doesn't give me any hint of a power failure as a source for the noise.
>
> So, big question here is: the drives are attached to a HBA, LSI3008 based
> SAS9300-8i. Is it
> possible to retrieve via CAM more health paramteres than those gathered by
> SMART/smartmontools
> and if the answer is yes, how can this be achieved?
>

>From SATA drives? No. smartctl with enough flags retrieves everything
available. Seagate is mainstream enough that there's unlikely to be other
data.... at least that Seagate documents.


> It close to impossible to isolate the drive making the noise. My guts tell
> me to RMA the
> supposed to be faulty drive and not to wait until it dies from "spindle
> motor desease" or
> something that is the source for the noises.
>

The only way you can do this is to just apply power to the drives one at a
time, which in most setups requires pulling cables.

Warner

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 8:15 AM FreeB=
SD User &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:freebsd@walstatt-de.de">freebsd@walstatt-de.d=
e</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin=
:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"=
>Hello,<br>
<br>
well, the aim of my post sounds strange, but I&#39;m serious.<br>
Background: I run at home a 14-CURRENT based server with a ZFS volume (RAID=
Z) comprised from<br>
4x 4 TB HDD. A couple of days I had to exchange the HGST NAS drives since o=
ne got a permanent<br>
SMART error. So all HDDs have been replaced by now with four times Seagte I=
ronWolfe Pro 4TB<br>
drives. So far, so good.<br>
Now I face a weird sound sourcing at one of the new HDDs. The box is suppos=
ed to be a heavy<br>
duty poudriere build facility, so the drives are up 24/7. It seems that one=
 (or even more)<br>
drives emitt a weird sound like the spindle motor is loosing for a fraction=
 of a second power<br>
and spiining up the the drive again. Searching the net reveals that at leas=
t one Seagate<br>
customer did have the same issue and he provided an audio file of that very=
 weird sound, to be<br>
found here:<br>
<br>
Post at reddit:<br>
=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/sca6al/seaga=
te_ironwolf_pro_making_weird_noise/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">h=
ttps://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/sca6al/seagate_ironwolf_pro_ma=
king_weird_noise/</a><br>
<br>
and herin the post of the audio file:<br>
<br>
=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.mediafire.com/file/x3le816qsakiff9/Hdd.mp4/fil=
e" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.mediafire.com/file/x3le=
816qsakiff9/Hdd.mp4/file</a><br>
<br>
I checked S.M.A.R.T for any unusual data, but everything is fine. The value=
s for <br>
<br>
Power_Cycle_Count<br>
Power-Off_Retract_Count<br>
Start_Stop_Count<br>
<br>
seem all within a reasonable range compared to the life time in hours (did =
some simple<br>
statistsics ), nothing looks unusual.<br>
<br>
Also, the advanced view onto each drive via <br>
<br>
smartctl -x<br>
<br>
doesn&#39;t give me any hint of a power failure as a source for the noise.<=
br>
<br>
So, big question here is: the drives are attached to a HBA, LSI3008 based S=
AS9300-8i. Is it<br>
possible to retrieve via CAM more health paramteres than those gathered by =
SMART/smartmontools<br>
and if the answer is yes, how can this be achieved?<br></blockquote><div><b=
r></div><div>From SATA drives? No. smartctl with enough flags retrieves eve=
rything available. Seagate is mainstream enough that there&#39;s unlikely t=
o be other data.... at least that Seagate documents.</div><div>=C2=A0</div>=
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-=
left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
It close to impossible to isolate the drive making the noise. My guts tell =
me to RMA the<br>
supposed to be faulty drive and not to wait until it dies from &quot;spindl=
e motor desease&quot; or<br>
something that is the source for the noises.<br></blockquote><div><br></div=
><div>The only way you can do this is to just apply power to the drives one=
 at a time, which in most setups requires pulling cables.</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>Warner=C2=A0</div></div></div>

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