Re: Is SMART really that dumb?

[Robert Nichols]

On 03/14/2015 08:56 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:33:13 -0600
> Chris Murphy wrote:
> > What do you get for:
> > # smartctl -x /dev/sdc
> > # parted /dev/sdc u s p
>
> It's a little long, so I uploaded it here:
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7pVI_DKcKbySURleHpJSXdpZWs/view?usp=sharin...

One thing I noticed in there is:

193 Load_Cycle_Count        -O--CK   001   001   000    -    747412

That drive is absolutely _killing_ itself by unloading the heads every
90 seconds or so (17421/747412 = .0233 hours/cycle).  This probably
isn't related to the problem you're seeing, but you should look into
what timeout setting is causing that.  It's hurting performance, too.