Re: Using smartctl to detect "scan errors" (like google tells me to do ...)

On 09/07/2012 16:12, Jason Usher wrote: What is a scan error, and which metric should I tell smartctl to check ? I think they mean a SMART scan, as in a self-test - http://www.twopenguins.it/2011/12/test-an-hard-disk-with-smartctl/ has details of how to run it. -- Bruce Cran ___

Using smartctl to detect "scan errors" (like google tells me to do ...)

The big report that google published made it clear that even a single "scan error" in the SMART data of a disk drive is a good predictor of eventual failure... However, when I run smartctl: # smartctl -a /dev/da0 | grep -i pre-fail 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 016Pre-fai