Re: [tlug] hard drive shock resiliance and health - linux tools?

["Neil Millar" <nmillar@example.com>]

On 25/10/06, Botond Botyanszki <tlug@example.com> wrote:
> > Are there any linux tools which will allow me to confirm if I did or did
> > not damage my drives?
>
> I'm not sure how you can read measured operating shock values from the
> disk (they are supposed to store this AFAIK, so the manufacturer can tell
> how the drive broke).
> Take a look at smartctl if you are looking for possible errors.

Mr. Wikipedia, he say:

Known S.M.A.R.T. attributes
220 	DC 	Disk Shift 	*CRITICAL* Distance the disk has shifted relative
to the spindle (usually due to shock). Unit of measure is unknown.
221 	DD 	G-Sense Error Rate 	The number of errors resulting from
externally-induced shock & vibration.

not sure if you'll have those, or if they'll tell you anything.

You do have to do some extra gymnastics with smartctl if your disks are behind
something like a 3ware raid card, but it's in the manual.

Neil.