Re: [gentoo-user] One hard drive much slower for some reason. - gentoo-user

From:	Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] One hard drive much slower for some reason.
Date:	Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:48:13
Message-Id:	`4C0733C1.7030500@gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] One hard drive much slower for some reason. by "Arttu V."

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Arttu V. wrote:

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> On 6/2/10, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com>  wrote:

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>

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>> smoker-new ~ # smartctl -l selftest /dev/hdb

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>> smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen

6

>> Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

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>>

8

>> === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===

9

>> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1

10

>> Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining

11

>> LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error

12

>> # 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%

13

>> 1038         -

14

>> # 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%

15

>> 1037         -

16

>> # 3  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%

17

>> 1075         -

18

>> # 4  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%

19

>> 305         -

20

>> # 5  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%

21

>> 660         -

22

>> # 6  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%

23

>> 213         -

24

>> # 7  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%

25

>> 687         -

26

>> # 8  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%

27

>> 686         -

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>> # 9  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%

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>> 629         -

30

>>

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> I was thinking about smartctl -A attributes table (or just plain -a

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> for all), which might've showed a great number of sector relocations

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> or other internal I/O-related issues.

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>

35

> But this report raises another question: why aren't the reported

36

> lifetimes in an ascending list? They jump back and forth.

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>

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>

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40

41

Here is that info.  I included all the IDE drives.  Sort of see if there 

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is something different about them.

43

44

smoker-new ~ # smartctl -A /dev/hda

45

smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen

46

Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

47

48

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===

49

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16

50

Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:

51

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      

52

UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE

53

   3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   220   219   063    Pre-fail  

54

Always       -       11725

55

   4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   

56

Always       -       1385

57

   5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   253   253   063    Pre-fail  

58

Always       -       0

59

   6 Read_Channel_Margin     0x0001   253   253   100    Pre-fail  

60

Offline      -       0

61

   7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

62

Always       -       0

63

   8 Seek_Time_Performance   0x0027   251   240   187    Pre-fail  

64

Always       -       39290

65

   9 Power_On_Minutes        0x0032   210   210   000    Old_age   

66

Always       -       1025h+05m

67

  10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x002b   253   252   157    Pre-fail  

68

Always       -       0

69

  11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x002b   253   252   223    Pre-fail  

70

Always       -       0

71

  12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   250   250   000    Old_age   

72

Always       -       1396

73

192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   

74

Always       -       428

75

193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   

76

Always       -       2071

77

194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   

78

Always       -       22

79

195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

80

Always       -       2566

81

196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0008   253   253   000    Old_age   

82

Offline      -       0

83

197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0008   253   253   000    Old_age   

84

Offline      -       0

85

198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0008   253   253   000    Old_age   

86

Offline      -       0

87

199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0008   199   196   000    Old_age   

88

Offline      -       3

89

200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

90

Always       -       0

91

201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate    0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

92

Always       -       0

93

202 TA_Increase_Count       0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

94

Always       -       0

95

203 Run_Out_Cancel          0x000b   253   252   180    Pre-fail  

96

Always       -       0

97

204 Shock_Count_Write_Opern 0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

98

Always       -       0

99

205 Shock_Rate_Write_Opern  0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

100

Always       -       0

101

207 Spin_High_Current       0x002a   253   252   000    Old_age   

102

Always       -       0

103

208 Spin_Buzz               0x002a   253   252   000    Old_age   

104

Always       -       0

105

209 Offline_Seek_Performnce 0x0024   190   187   000    Old_age   

106

Offline      -       0

107

  99 Unknown_Attribute       0x0004   253   253   000    Old_age   

108

Offline      -       0

109

100 Unknown_Attribute       0x0004   253   253   000    Old_age   

110

Offline      -       0

111

101 Unknown_Attribute       0x0004   253   253   000    Old_age   

112

Offline      -       0

113

114

smoker-new ~ # smartctl -A /dev/hdb

115

smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen

116

Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

117

118

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===

119

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16

120

Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:

121

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      

122

UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE

123

   1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000b   200   200   051    Pre-fail  

124

Always       -       0

125

   3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0007   087   084   021    Pre-fail  

126

Always       -       2191

127

   4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   099   099   040    Old_age   

128

Always       -       1209

129

   5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   200   200   140    Pre-fail  

130

Always       -       0

131

   7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000b   200   200   051    Pre-fail  

132

Always       -       0

133

   9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   032   032   000    Old_age   

134

Always       -       50209

135

  10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   051    Pre-fail  

136

Always       -       0

137

  11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0013   100   100   051    Pre-fail  

138

Always       -       0

139

  12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   

140

Always       -       961

141

194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   116   253   000    Old_age   

142

Always       -       27

143

196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   

144

Always       -       0

145

197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   200   200   000    Old_age   

146

Always       -       0

147

198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0012   200   200   000    Old_age   

148

Always       -       0

149

199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x000a   200   253   000    Old_age   

150

Always       -       1155

151

200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0009   200   085   051    Pre-fail  

152

Offline      -       0

153

154

smoker-new ~ # smartctl -A /dev/hdc

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smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen

156

Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

157

158

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===

159

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16

160

Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:

161

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      

162

UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE

163

   3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   220   219   063    Pre-fail  

164

Always       -       8240

165

   4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   

166

Always       -       411

167

   5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   253   253   063    Pre-fail  

168

Always       -       0

169

   6 Read_Channel_Margin     0x0001   253   253   100    Pre-fail  

170

Offline      -       0

171

   7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

172

Always       -       0

173

   8 Seek_Time_Performance   0x0027   249   239   187    Pre-fail  

174

Always       -       37263

175

   9 Power_On_Minutes        0x0032   134   134   000    Old_age   

176

Always       -       1004h+16m

177

  10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x002b   253   252   157    Pre-fail  

178

Always       -       0

179

  11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x002b   253   252   223    Pre-fail  

180

Always       -       0

181

  12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   252   252   000    Old_age   

182

Always       -       444

183

192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   

184

Always       -       0

185

193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   

186

Always       -       0

187

194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   

188

Always       -       34

189

195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

190

Always       -       3240

191

196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0008   253   253   000    Old_age   

192

Offline      -       0

193

197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0008   253   253   000    Old_age   

194

Offline      -       0

195

198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0008   253   253   000    Old_age   

196

Offline      -       0

197

199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0008   199   193   000    Old_age   

198

Offline      -       6

199

200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

200

Always       -       0

201

201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate    0x000a   253   251   000    Old_age   

202

Always       -       4

203

202 TA_Increase_Count       0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

204

Always       -       0

205

203 Run_Out_Cancel          0x000b   253   252   180    Pre-fail  

206

Always       -       2

207

204 Shock_Count_Write_Opern 0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

208

Always       -       0

209

205 Shock_Rate_Write_Opern  0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   

210

Always       -       0

211

207 Spin_High_Current       0x002a   253   252   000    Old_age   

212

Always       -       0

213

208 Spin_Buzz               0x002a   253   252   000    Old_age   

214

Always       -       0

215

209 Offline_Seek_Performnce 0x0024   197   190   000    Old_age   

216

Offline      -       0

217

  99 Unknown_Attribute       0x0004   253   253   000    Old_age   

218

Offline      -       0

219

100 Unknown_Attribute       0x0004   253   253   000    Old_age   

220

Offline      -       0

221

101 Unknown_Attribute       0x0004   253   253   000    Old_age   

222

Offline      -       0

223

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smoker-new ~ #

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As for the lifetimes in the report, good question.  I think that drives 

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is doing some weird stuff.  It can travel back and forth in time but is 

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slow for no apparent good reason.

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Dale

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:-)  :-)

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Replies

1	Arttu V. wrote:
2	> On 6/2/10, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
3	>
4	>> smoker-new ~ # smartctl -l selftest /dev/hdb
5	>> smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
6	>> Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
7	>>
8	>> === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
9	>> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
10	>> Num Test_Description Status Remaining
11	>> LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
12	>> # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00%
13	>> 1038 -
14	>> # 2 Short offline Completed without error 00%
15	>> 1037 -
16	>> # 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00%
17	>> 1075 -
18	>> # 4 Extended offline Completed without error 00%
19	>> 305 -
20	>> # 5 Extended offline Completed without error 00%
21	>> 660 -
22	>> # 6 Extended offline Completed without error 00%
23	>> 213 -
24	>> # 7 Extended offline Completed without error 00%
25	>> 687 -
26	>> # 8 Extended offline Completed without error 00%
27	>> 686 -
28	>> # 9 Extended offline Completed without error 00%
29	>> 629 -
30	>>
31	> I was thinking about smartctl -A attributes table (or just plain -a
32	> for all), which might've showed a great number of sector relocations
33	> or other internal I/O-related issues.
34	>
35	> But this report raises another question: why aren't the reported
36	> lifetimes in an ascending list? They jump back and forth.
37	>
38	>
39
40
41	Here is that info. I included all the IDE drives. Sort of see if there
42	is something different about them.
43
44	smoker-new ~ # smartctl -A /dev/hda
45	smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
46	Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
47
48	=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
49	SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
50	Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
51	ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
52	UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
53	3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 220 219 063 Pre-fail
54	Always - 11725
55	4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age
56	Always - 1385
57	5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 253 253 063 Pre-fail
58	Always - 0
59	6 Read_Channel_Margin 0x0001 253 253 100 Pre-fail
60	Offline - 0
61	7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
62	Always - 0
63	8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0027 251 240 187 Pre-fail
64	Always - 39290
65	9 Power_On_Minutes 0x0032 210 210 000 Old_age
66	Always - 1025h+05m
67	10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 157 Pre-fail
68	Always - 0
69	11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 223 Pre-fail
70	Always - 0
71	12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 250 250 000 Old_age
72	Always - 1396
73	192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age
74	Always - 428
75	193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age
76	Always - 2071
77	194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age
78	Always - 22
79	195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
80	Always - 2566
81	196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age
82	Offline - 0
83	197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age
84	Offline - 0
85	198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age
86	Offline - 0
87	199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0008 199 196 000 Old_age
88	Offline - 3
89	200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
90	Always - 0
91	201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
92	Always - 0
93	202 TA_Increase_Count 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
94	Always - 0
95	203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x000b 253 252 180 Pre-fail
96	Always - 0
97	204 Shock_Count_Write_Opern 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
98	Always - 0
99	205 Shock_Rate_Write_Opern 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
100	Always - 0
101	207 Spin_High_Current 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age
102	Always - 0
103	208 Spin_Buzz 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age
104	Always - 0
105	209 Offline_Seek_Performnce 0x0024 190 187 000 Old_age
106	Offline - 0
107	99 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age
108	Offline - 0
109	100 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age
110	Offline - 0
111	101 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age
112	Offline - 0
113
114	smoker-new ~ # smartctl -A /dev/hdb
115	smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
116	Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
117
118	=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
119	SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
120	Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
121	ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
122	UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
123	1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 200 200 051 Pre-fail
124	Always - 0
125	3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 087 084 021 Pre-fail
126	Always - 2191
127	4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 040 Old_age
128	Always - 1209
129	5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail
130	Always - 0
131	7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 200 200 051 Pre-fail
132	Always - 0
133	9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 032 032 000 Old_age
134	Always - 50209
135	10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 051 Pre-fail
136	Always - 0
137	11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 051 Pre-fail
138	Always - 0
139	12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
140	Always - 961
141	194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 116 253 000 Old_age
142	Always - 27
143	196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age
144	Always - 0
145	197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age
146	Always - 0
147	198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age
148	Always - 0
149	199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 253 000 Old_age
150	Always - 1155
151	200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0009 200 085 051 Pre-fail
152	Offline - 0
153
154	smoker-new ~ # smartctl -A /dev/hdc
155	smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
156	Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
157
158	=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
159	SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
160	Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
161	ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
162	UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
163	3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 220 219 063 Pre-fail
164	Always - 8240
165	4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age
166	Always - 411
167	5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 253 253 063 Pre-fail
168	Always - 0
169	6 Read_Channel_Margin 0x0001 253 253 100 Pre-fail
170	Offline - 0
171	7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
172	Always - 0
173	8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0027 249 239 187 Pre-fail
174	Always - 37263
175	9 Power_On_Minutes 0x0032 134 134 000 Old_age
176	Always - 1004h+16m
177	10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 157 Pre-fail
178	Always - 0
179	11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 223 Pre-fail
180	Always - 0
181	12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 252 252 000 Old_age
182	Always - 444
183	192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age
184	Always - 0
185	193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age
186	Always - 0
187	194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age
188	Always - 34
189	195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
190	Always - 3240
191	196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age
192	Offline - 0
193	197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age
194	Offline - 0
195	198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age
196	Offline - 0
197	199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0008 199 193 000 Old_age
198	Offline - 6
199	200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
200	Always - 0
201	201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 251 000 Old_age
202	Always - 4
203	202 TA_Increase_Count 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
204	Always - 0
205	203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x000b 253 252 180 Pre-fail
206	Always - 2
207	204 Shock_Count_Write_Opern 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
208	Always - 0
209	205 Shock_Rate_Write_Opern 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age
210	Always - 0
211	207 Spin_High_Current 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age
212	Always - 0
213	208 Spin_Buzz 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age
214	Always - 0
215	209 Offline_Seek_Performnce 0x0024 197 190 000 Old_age
216	Offline - 0
217	99 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age
218	Offline - 0
219	100 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age
220	Offline - 0
221	101 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age
222	Offline - 0
223
224	smoker-new ~ #
225
226
227	As for the lifetimes in the report, good question. I think that drives
228	is doing some weird stuff. It can travel back and forth in time but is
229	slow for no apparent good reason.
230
231	Dale
232
233	:-) :-)

Subject	Author
Re: [gentoo-user] One hard drive much slower for some reason.	KH <gentoo-user@××××××××××××××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] One hard drive much slower for some reason.	Robert Bridge <robert@××××××××.com>