I saw about Plasma 5.20 features in KDE blog. One impressive feature in 5.20 is that it is capable of warning if your hard disk is going to die. Also, the Info Center app allows you to check the status through it. It is a great feature to have. I am using 5.18 and hope to find a way to get such a warning and status info in my 20.04. Is there any method to do it ? Thanks.
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I use this app:
https://www.hdsentinel.com/hard_disk..._linux_gui.php
I used to use S.M.A.R.T. to obtain the total terabytes written and the total uptime and then calculate the days remaining on my two SSD's. It also monitors my spinning disk, which has 16 bad sectors.
This app computes health and days remaining automatically. You can minimize it in your system tray but I didn't do that.
I run it about once a week or so, IF I think about it."A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
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Thanks for the link, GreyGeek. I've downloaded it for both my computers (64-bit and 32-bit) and it works fine. And the hard disks have over three more years of life.Comment
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Thanks. I will try
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Thanks! Works great! Been looking for something like this!Originally posted by GreyGeek View PostComment
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Interesting application. Not sure how useful - gives my Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSDs 84 and 93 days to 'live', both due to "#177 Wear Leveling Count". However, not all drive makers report their wear leveling count in the same way. Some start at 0 and go to 100, some in reverse. So either these drives are REALLY close to dying or the report is wrong. We'll see. They report 84/88 as those values.
BTW, if you want to launch this app kmenu, use the full path in the "Command:" entry AND set the "Work path:" in Advanced. It doesn't appear to accept the sudo password if you try and launch it from outside its custom directory.
Another useful tool, and often sited as more accurate than SMARTCTL, is SKDUMP from the libatasmart-bin package. To compare output:
smartctl:
skdump:Code:[FONT=monospace][COLOR=#54FF54][B]stuart@office[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]:[/COLOR][COLOR=#54FFFF][B]~[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sdc[/COLOR] smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.3.0-62-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 090 090 000 Old_age Always - 48262 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 727 177 Wear_Leveling_Count 0x0013 084 084 000 Pre-fail Always - 572 179 Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x0013 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total 0x0032 100 100 010 Old_age Always - 0 182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total 0x0032 100 100 010 Old_age Always - 0 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0013 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 187 Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0032 066 044 000 Old_age Always - 34 195 ECC_Error_Rate 0x001a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 199 CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 15 235 POR_Recovery_Count 0x0012 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 523 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 38488776948 [/FONT]
Code:[FONT=monospace][COLOR=#54FF54][B]stuart@office[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]:[/COLOR][COLOR=#54FFFF][B]~[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]$ sudo skdump /dev/sdc[/COLOR] Device: sat16:/dev/sdc Type: 16 Byte SCSI ATA SAT Passthru Size: 244198 MiB Model: [Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series] Serial: [S12RNEACC52824T] Firmware: [DXM05B0Q] SMART Available: yes Quirks: Awake: yes SMART Disk Health Good: yes Off-line Data Collection Status: [Off-line data collection activity was never started.] Total Time To Complete Off-Line Data Collection: 53956 s Self-Test Execution Status: [The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run.] Percent Self-Test Remaining: 0% Conveyance Self-Test Available: no Short/Extended Self-Test Available: yes Start Self-Test Available: yes Abort Self-Test Available: yes Short Self-Test Polling Time: 2 min Extended Self-Test Polling Time: 20 min Conveyance Self-Test Polling Time: 0 min Bad Sectors: 0 sectors Powered On: 5.5 years Power Cycles: 727 Average Powered On Per Power Cycle: 2.8 days Temperature: 34.0 C Attribute Parsing Verification: Good Overall Status: GOOD ID# Name Value Worst Thres Pretty Raw Type Updates Good Good/Past 5 reallocated-sector-count 100 100 10 0 sectors 0x000000000000 prefail online yes yes 9 power-on-hours 90 90 0 5.5 years 0x86bc00000000 old-age online n/a n/a 12 power-cycle-count 99 99 0 727 0xd70200000000 old-age online n/a n/a 177 wear-leveling-count 84 84 0 572 0x3c0200000000 prefail online n/a n/a 179 used-reserved-blocks-total 100 100 10 0 0x000000000000 prefail online yes yes 181 program-fail-count-total 100 100 10 0 0x000000000000 old-age online yes yes 182 erase-fail-count-total 100 100 10 0 0x000000000000 old-age online yes yes 183 runtime-bad-block-total 100 100 10 0 0x000000000000 prefail online yes yes 187 reported-uncorrect 100 100 0 0 sectors 0x000000000000 old-age online n/a n/a 190 airflow-temperature-celsius 66 44 0 34.0 C 0x220000000000 old-age online n/a n/a 195 hardware-ecc-recovered 200 200 0 0 0x000000000000 old-age online n/a n/a 199 udma-crc-error-count 99 99 0 15 0x0f0000000000 old-age online n/a n/a 235 good-block-rate 99 99 0 n/a 0x0b0200000000 old-age online n/a n/a 241 total-lbas-written 99 99 0 1291469.049 TB 0xf4201cf60800 old-age online n/a n/a [/FONT]
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I use GSmartcontrol. Basically GUI in front of smartctl. I don't use it a lot, maybe twice a year.
Disk failure prediction is a black art at best. It's completely probablistic; a disk might be fine today, and refuse to show itself on a reboot.The next brick house on the left
Intel i7 11th Gen | 16GB | 1TB | KDE Plasma 5.27.11| Kubuntu 24.04 | 6.8.0-31-generic
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Another high scoring wordOriginally posted by jglen490 View Post
... and in case anyone wants to look at the suggested application: https://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.io/home/Comment
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It's also in the repos
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Doesnt work on nvme drives.Comment
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Not having an nvme, I would ask what does work on an nvme?The next brick house on the left
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smartctl and hdsentinel both read info from nvme drives as well as the nvme application itself from nvme-cli package.Originally posted by jglen490 View PostComment
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Awesome!The next brick house on the left
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It is interesting how the info differs...
SATA SSD:
NVME SSD:Code:[FONT=monospace][COLOR=#54FF54][B]stuart@office[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]:[/COLOR][COLOR=#54FFFF][B]~[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sdc[/COLOR] smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-45-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 090 090 000 Old_age Always - 48355 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 728 177 Wear_Leveling_Count 0x0013 084 084 000 Pre-fail Always - 572 179 Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x0013 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total 0x0032 100 100 010 Old_age Always - 0 182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total 0x0032 100 100 010 Old_age Always - 0 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0013 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 187 Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0032 067 044 000 Old_age Always - 33 195 ECC_Error_Rate 0x001a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 199 CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 15 235 POR_Recovery_Count 0x0012 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 524 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 38488777260 [/FONT]
The nvme program gives just slightly more:Code:[FONT=monospace][COLOR=#54FF54][B]stuart@office[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]:[/COLOR][COLOR=#54FFFF][B]~[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/nvme0n1[/COLOR] smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-45-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF SMART DATA SECTION === SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02) Critical Warning: 0x00 Temperature: 32 Celsius Available Spare: 100% Available Spare Threshold: 10% Percentage Used: 1% Data Units Read: 23,678,927 [12.1 TB] Data Units Written: 54,044,548 [27.6 TB] Host Read Commands: 125,235,307 Host Write Commands: 593,495,603 Controller Busy Time: 2,326 Power Cycles: 116 Power On Hours: 4,236 Unsafe Shutdowns: 66 Media and Data Integrity Errors: 0 Error Information Log Entries: 31 Warning Comp. Temperature Time: 0 Critical Comp. Temperature Time: 0 Temperature Sensor 1: 32 Celsius Temperature Sensor 2: 33 Celsius [/FONT]
Code:[FONT=monospace][COLOR=#54FF54][B]stuart@office[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]:[/COLOR][COLOR=#54FFFF][B]~[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]$ sudo nvme smart-log /dev/nvme0n1[/COLOR] Smart Log for NVME device:nvme0n1 namespace-id:ffffffff critical_warning : 0 temperature : 32 C available_spare : 100% available_spare_threshold : 10% percentage_used : 1% data_units_read : 23,678,927 data_units_written : 54,044,632 host_read_commands : 125,235,316 host_write_commands : 593,496,256 controller_busy_time : 2,326 power_cycles : 116 power_on_hours : 4,236 unsafe_shutdowns : 66 media_errors : 0 num_err_log_entries : 31 Warning Temperature Time : 0 Critical Composite Temperature Time : 0 Temperature Sensor 1 : 32 C Temperature Sensor 2 : 33 C Thermal Management T1 Trans Count : 0 Thermal Management T2 Trans Count : 0 Thermal Management T1 Total Time : 0 Thermal Management T2 Total Time : 0 [/FONT]
Last edited by oshunluvr; Sep 03, 2020, 05:34 AM.Comment
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The nvme program leaves out TB written! Don't nvme drives have a limit on total TB written that relates directly to the aging of the drive?"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.Comment
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