From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Aug 3 12:18:49 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2242BADFE9 for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2016 12:18:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.117.100]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk", Issuer "infracaninophile.co.uk" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C639119B for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2016 12:18:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) Received: from ox-dell39.ox.adestra.com (unknown [85.199.232.226]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BC64F8373 for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2016 12:18:44 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk; dmarc=none header.from=FreeBSD.org Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk/BC64F8373; dkim=none; dkim-atps=neutral Subject: Re: Ominous smartd messages .... To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <020caa94-b329-d5a6-5bd4-bfcc575c039f@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 13:18:37 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ggDR6O4p3VNogUimexOpREOdO0AVNXkOL" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RDNS_NONE, SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:18:49 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --ggDR6O4p3VNogUimexOpREOdO0AVNXkOL Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="DuLCVLQ9LMtCBPAPSHJi0UkxhRKIjeiqw" From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <020caa94-b329-d5a6-5bd4-bfcc575c039f@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ominous smartd messages .... References: In-Reply-To: --DuLCVLQ9LMtCBPAPSHJi0UkxhRKIjeiqw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 08/03/16 04:41, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > My question is: Are these messages benign, or am I in the market for > more hardware ? *ANY* more questions, please ask. TIA & have a good one= =2E It doesn't look particularly good. Do you run the smartd selftests at all? Worth giving that a go -- # smartctl -t long /dev/ada5 This can be done while the disk is in use without upsetting anything. It will scan the disk for unreadable areas. The disk does have a number of spare sectors it can use instead of any broken ones, but it generally needs to see a failed write to the affected area to trigger the substitution mechanism. Once you run out of substitute sectors, the disk is basically toast and should be replaced. With modern drives, seeing that mechanism in use at all typically means the drive is on the downward spiral and you should plan on replacing it PDQ. Cheers, Matthew --DuLCVLQ9LMtCBPAPSHJi0UkxhRKIjeiqw-- --ggDR6O4p3VNogUimexOpREOdO0AVNXkOL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXoeEeAAoJEABRPxDgqeTnM/kP/133GBVR2hBKyxWeR1lhU45e vyUE86kvX3ETwgSIB0nW7su2cbt8kBPKl35Qa2LsC8SYwouJaXqICzKpV9i4tkI5 tTfl4LSY+ZJuEHKWGNz085Ti0XcRc9D4vh0SorpO9DCRl1xseJVcjwAzjO6J4SP5 YS2YhAvVHrKO8K3tYhmV3iuWMGT8BnXB3wJjzbg1VnEsXMBMsRnXbG3hY3admFaM /qfWydhTEMt5Q1bMYAAxhJclOB0nzOhQ3DHo+UIUFxz+T1011RRgKvp8VQhGr/wm XXMFBBhxplpcP+emrnYy5+/W81qme08Uvu40Fk7k3ghZU45OuAYJXn9XcBhmes3/ fu/UFPDWmYtobpcHQcrbCPdAmNmQqVcmOwVJvaa2S1iRFTe54vuWi/z1VBlxRd1H HBTEUqd1PegklYj7WJCi29FU71HQaWb4hXN38cVkK51wVWhaMibhpm/+tPA9D7ZG pUicpu7CqB6pNpieL/qmp9hKKSDjC4LM88lZsGc6bDlgn/sry+EeIPndlydxSm/q 252TSJH0JQThTxEJWpv2HsPQqQITKjKGUEffZTSMl5HrOBuCi6vtS/32Bh3Mj/bE ptzGwE3MJtN5enySCVXz9qlFS4tS5FRvawDT1yJk5gqMxYXGB7k7i3grk4iuBT7t 29Ovo7c13cSZOTt18ls1 =gaEu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ggDR6O4p3VNogUimexOpREOdO0AVNXkOL--