Hard disk health and reliability analysis

Almost every EIDE or SATA hard disk includes S.M.A.R.T. data. That information is collected by the drive itself and contains data that the manufacturer considered relevant to check reliability. The data is made up of several attributes that have a current value, a worst one, a threshold, some raw data, and some flags. Basically, when any attribute's current value is below its threshold, the hard disk is considered unreliable and likely to fail. By using several techniques, this report tries to give a wider range of information, basing its analysis on advanced comparisons with normal values based on real hard disks and on expert-like checks. The final results are not to be taken as an absolute truth, but they are almost as good as a professional expert advice about your hard disk status.

Your hard disk is a SAMSUNG SP0812N with firmware TK100-31.
The average temperature for this hard disk model is 32°C (min=19°C max=42°C) and yours is 37°C.

  Attribute   Current   Raw
Raw Read Error Rate 100 000000000000
Spin Up Time 100 000000001280
Start/Stop Count 94 000000001894
Reallocated Sector Count 70 000000000041
Seek Error Rate 100 000000000000
Seek Time Performance 100 000000000000
Power On Hours Count 97 0000001ED5E1
Spin Retry Count 100 000000000000
Calibration Retry Count 100 0000000001D6
Power Cycle Count 97 000000000C70
Hardware ECC Recovered 100 00000009A891
Reallocated Event Count 70 000000000041
Current Pending Sector 100 000000000000
Offline Uncorrectable Sector Count 100 000000000000
Ultra DMA CRC Error Rate 200 000000000000
Write Error Rate 100 000000000000
Soft Read Error Rate 100 000000000000

All the attributes of your hard disk are above the S.M.A.R.T. thresholds set by the manufacturer. This is good.

SERIOUS ISSUE : your hard disk has 65 reallocated sectors. Hard disks do have spare sectors (usually from 256 up to 2560) used to replace bad ones. This remapping operation is transparent to the end user. Anyway, this can lead to degraded performances (because remapped sectors are in different places of the disk than the original ones and the head needs additional moving). If reallocated sectors grow over time, you might encounter some serious troubles. A backup of the most important data is suggested anyway.

NOTE : your hard disk Power On Hours Count attribute current value (97) is below the normal range (99 - 100) reported for your specific hard disk model. Basically your hard disk was powered on for more than the maximum time the average user did. This means that either all of the reports collected are from hard disks that were not powered on for too long (this is realistic for recent models) or that your hard disk is becoming old. Usually this is not considered as a pre-failure advisory, but you should check whether you want to replace the hardware or keep an eye on its performances over time.

NOTE : your hard disk Power Cycle Count attribute current value (97) is below the normal range (100 - 100) reported for your specific hard disk model. Basically your hard disk was power cycled more times than the maximum number the average hard disk was. Power cycles put some stress on the hard disk mechanic. Sometimes power cycles can be caused by a loose hard disk power connector. Make sure it is properly fastened.

The overall fitness for this drive is 77%.
The overall performance for this drive is 100%.

The link to get back and see a new report about this hard disk in the future is this. Consider that new hard disks and new checks are added over time.


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