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Got A Bad Deal On A Disk

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Subject:SMART error (ErrorCount) detected on host: archdesktop
Date:Fri, 06 Oct 2017 18:01:17 +0800
This message was generated by the smartd daemon running on:


                      host name:  archdesktop
                      DNS domain: [Empty]

           The following warning/error was logged by the smartd daemon:

           Device: /dev/sda [SAT], ATA error count increased from 0 to 2

           Device info:
            Hitachi HUS724030ALE641, S/N:P8HEUS2R, WWN:5-000cca-22cd460f8, FW:MJ8OA5F0, 3.00 TB

           For details see host's SYSLOG.

           You can also use the smartctl utility for further investigation.
           No additional messages about this problem will be sent.

It seems SMART detected errors when I added a supposedly new disk to my RAID array.

$sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda

SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 2
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 2 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 18128 hours (755 days + 8 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  84 51 40 e0 e7 b7 01  Error: ICRC, ABRT at LBA = 0x01b7e7e0 = 28829664

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  61 20 48 00 e4 b7 40 00      00:55:20.605  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 60 40 a0 e1 b7 40 00      00:55:20.597  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 08 38 98 e1 b7 40 00      00:55:20.594  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 10 30 88 e1 b7 40 00      00:55:20.594  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 10 28 78 e1 b7 40 00      00:55:20.593  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED

Error 1 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 18128 hours (755 days + 8 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  84 51 c0 40 50 b5 01  Error: ICRC, ABRT at LBA = 0x01b55040 = 28659776

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  61 40 78 c0 4f b5 40 00      00:55:17.832  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 c0 70 00 4c b5 40 00      00:55:17.827  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 c0 68 40 49 b5 40 00      00:55:17.821  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 40 60 00 44 b5 40 00      00:55:17.818  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
  61 b0 58 50 40 b5 40 00      00:55:17.810  WRITE FPDMA QUEUED

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     18151         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     18133         -
# 3  Vendor (0xb0)       Completed without error       00%     18015         -
# 4  Vendor (0x71)       Completed without error       00%     18015         -

This "new" disk has 18,124 power-on-hours. Somebody tried to clean it and pass it off as new. I bought this disk online. It's easy to get information from a disk when you're using SMART tools in your computer. But SMART gave it a PASSED tag. The error itself is discussed at this forum. Perhaps replacing the cable is next though.


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