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Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Bill Kenworthy wrote: |
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> > On 19/12/15 08:01, Dale wrote: |
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> >> Howdy, |
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> >> I finally got a new 3TB hard drive. I got one on sale for under $100. |
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> >> Anyway, I put it in, did the LVM thing and set up my backup script, very |
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> >> basic as it is. A little bit ago, I noticed a sound. It's not a click |
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> >> or a metallic type sound. It sounds like the heads are doing random |
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> >> reads/writes and the heads are moving but doing so noisily. Thing is, |
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> >> there is no drive activity according to gkrellm or iotop. All the |
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> >> drives should be basically idle. I even went to single user mode to be |
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> >> sure nothing in KDE was doing some index thingy or something. Still, |
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> >> nothing showed that there should be any drive activity, including the |
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> >> hard drive light on the case. |
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> >> |
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> >> <<<< SNIP >>>> |
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> >> The last SMART test I ran showed no problems but I have a fresh one |
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> >> running as I type on all drives. Will update if it shows anything. |
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> >> Thoughts? |
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> >> Dale |
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> >> :-) :-) |
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> > Mechanics trick - place a largish screwdriver end on each hard drive |
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> > case in turn and the handle end to your ear. You can hear difference in |
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> > sound quite clearly. |
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> > BillK |
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> That would likely work. I've also used a water hose to do that on |
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> cars. I'm not sure how well that will work since the drives are only |
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> like a inch apart. With the screwdriver I might even be able to feel |
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> it. It's not very loud but I can hear it. One reason I can hear it so |
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> well, the fans on my case are very quiet. In a quiet room, I can't hear |
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> the fans. I can hear this drive noise even with the TV at a reasonable |
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> level. With no TV, I can hear it pretty well. My water hose trick |
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> wouldn't likely work but your screwdriver idea might work in more than |
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> one way. |
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> I also found this after the reply from Ian. |
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> https://www.backblaze.com/blog/3tb-hard-drive-failure/ |
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> No wonder they had it on sale. Heck, why didn't they just say it was a |
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> good door stop instead of a hard drive??? |
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I always try to get something a bit better than consumer drives, at |
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least the equivalent of Western Digital Red which now has a longer |
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warranty -- notice that a lot of drives have only ONE year warranties |
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now? Doesn't that make you feel warm and fuzzy? |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |