[SATLUG] SMART error (CurrentPendingSector) detected on host

[Tom Weeks]

On Thursday 20 September 2007 08:35:46 Sean Carolan wrote:
[...]
> So I ran smartctl:
>
> [scarolan at computer ~]$ sudo smartctl -H /dev/hdb
> smartctl version 5.36 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce
> Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
> === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
> SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
>
> Is there anything to be concerned about here?

Yes.  Run a full smart r/w test (>90% accurate results):

smartctl -t  short /dev/X && sleep 300 && smartctl -a /dev/X | grep -B2 ^#

Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  
LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       971         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       765         -

If you don't see 00% or "without error", then you've got problems.

Tweeks