Re: [smartmontools-support]Re: WD 400GB SATA Drive In Constant Smart Testing?

[Michael Mansour]

Hi,

> > Is there some sort of smart testing going on constantly?  I only get 26-27MB/s
> 
> You can find out using `smartctl -data -a /dev/hdX`; if there is a 
> SMART test going on, there should be info about its status.
> 
> > #13  Vendor offline      Completed without error       00%         0 -
> > #14  Offline             Completed without error       00%         0 -
> > #15  Offline             Completed without error       00%         0 -
> > #16  Offline             Completed without error       00%         0 -
> > #17  Offline             Completed without error       00%         0 -
> > #18  Offline             Completed without error       00%         0 -
> > #19  Offline             Completed without error       00%         0 -
> > #20  Offline             Completed without error       00%         0 -
> > #21  Offline             Completed without error       00%         1 -
> >
> A little bit more below the values, usually.

Also, you may have to monitor this for a while as I've seen when a drive is
not recognised in the smartctl database, then it doesn't show it's progress,
only when it finishes checking does it show something in the selftest log.

Michael.
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