I have dropped my external hard drive on the floor recently and wanted to know if the electronic parts and mechanical parts were damaged. I have no idea how to find this out from the output of smartctl. While being on it, I also want to test my internal SSD. I ran sudo smartctl -t short for my internal SSD and my external hard drive. I searched the web, but find mostly values that are not available for me and little or no information on what values of mine are important and what they mean.
Question: What are the important values, how do I interpret those, what is the conclusion for each my SSD and my hard drive?
I read that the values are normalized to 100 (0 = worst, 100 = best). If I consider this, for the SSD, the temperature has a low value; for the hard drive, the Load_Cycle_Count and the Free_Fall_Sensor. But I am not sure if those are really concerning.
Btw, I make backups of both, but not super frequently, so I want to assess the situation.
Output for SSD
:~$ sudo smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdb
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-162-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 33614 -
# 2 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 33260 -
# 3 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 31886 -
# 4 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 31862 -
# 5 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 31843 -
# 6 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 31808 -
# 7 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 31781 -
# 8 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 31724 -
# 9 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30974 -
#10 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30956 -
#11 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30916 -
#12 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30865 -
#13 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30733 -
#14 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30411 -
#15 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30189 -
#16 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30123 -
#17 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 27003 -
#18 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 26994 -
#19 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 23682 -
#20 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 23672 -
#21 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 23660 -
:~$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-162-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Crucial/Micron BX/MX1/2/3/500, M5/600, 1100 SSDs
Device Model: Crucial_CT240M500SSD3
Serial Number: 132609426436
LU WWN Device Id: 5 00a075 109426436
Firmware Version: MU02
User Capacity: 240.057.409.536 bytes [240 GB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ACS-2, ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 6
SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Mon Oct 2 21:12:28 2023 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x80) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 1115) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 18) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 3) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x0035) SCT Status supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 17
5 Reallocate_NAND_Blk_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 16384
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 33614
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 4646
170 Reserved_Block_Count 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 17
171 Program_Fail_Count 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0
172 Erase_Fail_Count 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0
173 Ave_Block-Erase_Count 0x0032 078 078 --- Old_age Always - 667
174 Unexpect_Power_Loss_Ct 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 252
181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total 0x0022 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 2701544260062
183 SATA_Interfac_Downshift 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0
184 Error_Correction_Count 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 8985
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 053 001 --- Old_age Always - 47 (0 99 255 128 0)
195 Cumulativ_Corrected_ECC 0x003a 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 4294967295
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 17
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 --- Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0
202 Percent_Lifetime_Remain 0x0031 078 078 --- Pre-fail Offline - 22
206 Write_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 33614 -
# 2 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 33260 -
# 3 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 31886 -
# 4 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 31862 -
# 5 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 31843 -
# 6 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 31808 -
# 7 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 31781 -
# 8 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 31724 -
# 9 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30974 -
#10 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30956 -
#11 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30916 -
#12 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30865 -
#13 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30733 -
#14 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30411 -
#15 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30189 -
#16 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 30123 -
#17 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 27003 -
#18 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 26994 -
#19 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 23682 -
#20 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 23672 -
#21 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 23660 -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
Output for hard drive
:~$ sudo smartctl -l selftest /dev/sde
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-162-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 42184 -
:~$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sde
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-162-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Momentus 7200.4
Device Model: ST9500420ASG
Serial Number: 5VJ7V4QE
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 02a611c46
Firmware Version: 0002SDM1
User Capacity: 500.107.862.016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is: SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is: Mon Oct 2 21:09:06 2023 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
See vendor-specific Attribute list for marginal Attributes.
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x73) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
No Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 109) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 3) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x103f) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 104 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 156006002
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 099 098 085 Pre-fail Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 093 093 020 Old_age Always - 7472
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 6
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 069 057 030 Pre-fail Always - 34427616775
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 052 052 000 Old_age Always - 42184
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 095 095 020 Old_age Always - 5753
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 088 088 000 Old_age Always - 12
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 099 000 Old_age Always - 4295032844
189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 063 045 045 Old_age Always In_the_past 37 (Min/Max 23/37)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 4
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 3793
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 448328
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 037 055 000 Old_age Always - 37 (243 52 0 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 044 040 000 Old_age Always - 156006002
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 28989 (89 232 0)
241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 3926827122
242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 2382261124
254 Free_Fall_Sensor 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 8
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 42184 -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
