Hi,
I am running IBM X3400 server with following configuration:-
OS: Linux 3.1.10-1.16-desktop x86_64
System: openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64)
KDE: 4.7.2 (4.7.2) “release 5”
Display Info
Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
Model: ES1000 515E
2D driver: radeon
3D driver: swrast (No 3D Acceleration) (7.11)
CPU Information
Processor (CPU): Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz
Speed: 2,327.45 MHz
Cores: 8
Memory Information
Total memory (RAM): 8.8 GiB
Free memory: 7.9 GiB (+ 412.9 MiB Caches)
Free swap: 2.0 GiB
My last attempt to restart using OS failed and I had to press the reset.
I was concerned to see during the subsequent boot a warning that my RAID 1 array was running in degraded mode either due to disk failure or rebuild. I have no idea why this was but ordered a replacement drive just in case. By the time the drive arrived the following day the system was all OK with no problems reported.
I understand there is some self repair capability in modern drives so assume this is why all now appears OK but is there any software I can use to check the hard drive internals for any logging of what may have happened? I ask for advice please before I swap out the drive!
Regards,
Budgie2
On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:16:03 +0000, Budgie2 wrote:
> I understand there is some self repair capability in modern drives so
> assume this is why all now appears OK but is there any software I can
> use to check the hard drive internals for any logging of what may have
> happened?
smartctl (part of the smartmontools) can be used to look at the hardware-
based logs and to run SMART tests on drives that have that functionality
in the hardware.
On 08/08/2012 12:16 AM, Budgie2 wrote:
>
> My last attempt to restart using OS failed and I had to press the
> reset.
>
> I was concerned to see during the subsequent boot a warning that my
> RAID 1 array was running in degraded mode either due to disk failure or
> rebuild.
probably your power off shutdown left some inconsistencies on the drive
that had to be corrected by a “rebuild” during the next boot…
once that was done all was ok, which is why you didn’t see that warning
again…
as said, SMART is the way to go to routinely check your disk…but, i
doubt you will find much going wrong…however, you do need to focus on
your other thread <http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=477278>
until you have a solution…(turning off the operating system via the
power switch can’t be good for the drive or your data!)
Hi and thanks again for the replies. I understand and agree that using power switch is not at all a good idea. Only had to use it because of the hang when trying a restart. In fact the shut down works OK it is only the restart that fails. What happened is that following update and being asked to restart I forgot about my problem with restart. Next time I hope I will remember and shut down.
Will run smartctl and see what I get.
Regards,
Budgie2