Re: Smartd error

2010-09-14 Thread suvayu ali
On 13 September 2010 18:15, Timothy Murphy gayle...@eircom.net wrote: Gilboa Davara wrote: Yesterday I got an internal email from smartd telling me of an error on one disk (on my server): -- Device: /dev/sdb, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors

Smartd error

2010-09-13 Thread Timothy Murphy
Yesterday I got an internal email from smartd telling me of an error on one disk (on my server): -- Device: /dev/sdb, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors -- I'm getting a copy of this email every hour. I'm not sure how serious a warning

Re: Smartd error

2010-09-13 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 13:38 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: Yesterday I got an internal email from smartd telling me of an error on one disk (on my server): -- Device: /dev/sdb, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors -- I'm getting a

Re: Smartd error

2010-09-13 Thread Timothy Murphy
Suvayu Ali wrote: On Monday 13 September 2010 05:38 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Yesterday I got an internal email from smartd telling me of an error on one disk (on my server): -- Device: /dev/sdb, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors

Re: Smartd error

2010-09-13 Thread mike cloaked
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Timothy Murphy gayle...@eircom.net wrote: Suvayu Ali wrote: On Monday 13 September 2010 05:38 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Yesterday I got an internal email from smartd telling me of an error on one disk (on my server): -- Device:

Re: Smartd error

2010-09-13 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 13 September 2010 05:38 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Yesterday I got an internal email from smartd telling me of an error on one disk (on my server): -- Device: /dev/sdb, 1

Re: Smartd error

2010-09-13 Thread suvayu ali
On 13 September 2010 08:00, Timothy Murphy gayle...@eircom.net wrote: Suvayu Ali wrote: On Monday 13 September 2010 05:38 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Yesterday I got an internal email from smartd telling me of an error on one disk (on my server): -- Device:

Re: Smartd error

2010-09-13 Thread suvayu ali
On 13 September 2010 09:32, Marko Vojinovic vvma...@gmail.com wrote: I mean, if you have critical data on the drive then yes, do replace it immediately. But if not, you can consider just keeping an eye on the smartd log and making sure this number doesn't grow more than 1000 per year. ;-) In

Re: Smartd error

2010-09-13 Thread Timothy Murphy
Gilboa Davara wrote: Yesterday I got an internal email from smartd telling me of an error on one disk (on my server): -- Device: /dev/sdb, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors -- Unreadable sector == bad sector. You might want to