PeterNic
03-02-2008, 09:34 PM
Frequently hard disks don't fail outright, they start by having lots of errors.
You can check a particular hard drive by logging in as root (maintainer) on the particular server and running the following command:
(for SATA drives)
smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda
If you have more than one HDD, also check /dev/sdb, etc.
For details on the output, see http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/man/smartctl.8.html
If any questions/suggestions/comments, please reply to this thread.
Regards,
-- Peter
You can check a particular hard drive by logging in as root (maintainer) on the particular server and running the following command:
(for SATA drives)
smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda
If you have more than one HDD, also check /dev/sdb, etc.
For details on the output, see http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/man/smartctl.8.html
If any questions/suggestions/comments, please reply to this thread.
Regards,
-- Peter