Re: Growing SCSI defects list

[raymond.meyer%rambler.ru@localhost]

On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:30:36 -0700
Chuck Swiger <cswiger%mac.com@localhost> wrote:

> On Oct 5, 2009, at 2:17 PM, raymond.meyer%rambler.ru@localhost wrote:
> > One of my scsi disks has a constantly increasing "grown defects
> > list", i.e. every month or so, the list grows. At the moment:
> >
> > Primary defects list has 2565 defects
> > Grown defects list has 174 defects <- this list keeps increasing
> >
> > Is this normal, or does this mean my disk is failing and needs  
> > replacing asap?
> 
> A small # of defects, which grows slowly over time is normal.  If
> the  
> # is increasing faster than once a week or so, it's a sign that the  
> drive is on it's way out.  smartmontools from pkgsrc can do more  
> precise testing and give you better insight.

I ran smartmontools on the disk and it didn't detect any problems.
Thanks for the info anyway, I'll be using smartmontools regularly from
now on just in case.