Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 13:42:43 +0300 From: Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net> Cc: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Confusing smartd messages Message-ID: <d3b221bb-fe70-460d-cd7f-6e7a4614a62d@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1807051642090.17082@puchar.net> References: <dfccd275-954c-11da-1790-e75878f89ad1@m5p.com> <51eb8232-49a7-0b3a-2d0f-9882ebfbfa1d@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1807051642090.17082@puchar.net>
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On 05.07.2018 17:44, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > It JUST means that some sectors are unreadable which may be a reason > that at some some write got wrong because of hardware problem.But this > problem may be - and possibly were - powerdown while writing, or power > spike. Maybe, our experiences are different because all my computers with spinning media are always powered by good UPSes. And they never ever encounter "powerdown while writing" :-) So, for me single write error is sure indication of degrading HDD. Sometimes I was able to get free exchange on this basis, if guarantee is not expired yet, BTW. -- // Lev Serebryakov
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