[Novalug] Strange SSD

Jon LaBadie novalugml@jgcomp.com
Tue Dec 21 02:04:16 EST 2010


On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 01:07:14AM -0500, John Franklin wrote:
> SSDs support SMART just as normal spinning HDDs do.  What does smartctl -a /dev/sda report?
> 

The last time it was booted there were smart errors messages
(too many read errors).  Smart errors were not present before.

While I've done no writing to the disk, aside from partitioning,
I have done several reads with 'hdparm -t </dev/sdX or /dev/sdX#>'.

> Yes, this sounds like it may be a failing SSD.
> 
> jf
> 
> On Dec 21, 2010, at 12:59 AM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> 
> > I had some disk problems with a Fedora box.  So I
> > decided to update the storage a bit with a large
> > SATA disk and a Solid State Drive for the OS.
> > 
> > For the SSD, I went cheap and got a Micro Center
> > branded 64GB drive.  It uses a recent SandForce
> > controller which I understand is one of the better
> > performing controllers.  I hope my cheapness is
> > not the cause of my problem.
> > 
> > I repartitioned the SSD using the partition tool
> > in the Fedora 14 installer.  Partitions 1&2 were
> > for swap and /boot.  Partition 3 was an LVM
> > physical volume.  I added it to a volume group
> > and created a logical volume for / and allocated
> > about 60% of the space.
> > 
> > Something hung in the install, shortly after
> > applying the new partitioning.  I rebooted into
> > an F14 "live CD" and confirmed the partitioning
> > took effect.  However, after a while (I think
> > about 2 hrs later) the partitions were no longer
> > visible.  Any operations errored.  When I looked
> > at the system messages it said the interface had
> > reset and switched from SATA II speed (3Gb/s) to
> > SATA I speed (1.5Gb.s).  Further the message
> > said the partitions were no longer visible.  Hence
> > the errors :)
> > 
> > I've rebooted the system into the live CD or the
> > install disk.  The partitions are visible initially
> > but as above, the drive begins to error.  Where I
> > could see logs, again there were the messages about
> > interface reset to SATA I.
> > 
> > Anyone have thoughts about how to proceed?  Return it?
> > 
> > Jon
> > 
> > 
> > 
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