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- https://www.smartmontools.org/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartmontools
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Smartmontools
- https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/S.M.A.R.T.
NVME
- Version
$ smartctl -v | head -1 smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.19.0-46-generic] (local build)
- Keyboards to look for: Written, Percentage
$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/nvme0 | grep "Writ" Data Units Written: 274,127 [140 GB] Host Write Commands: 7,499,312 $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/nvme0 | grep "Percentage" Percentage Used: 0%
- Full output
$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/nvme0 smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.19.0-46-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Number: CT1000P3SSD8 Serial Number: 2314E6C4100F Firmware Version: P9CR30A PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID: 0xc0a9 IEEE OUI Identifier: 0x00a075 Controller ID: 1 NVMe Version: 1.4 Number of Namespaces: 1 Namespace 1 Size/Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 [1.00 TB] Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size: 512 Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64: 6479a7 77f00000c9 Local Time is: Sat Jul 1 11:22:30 2023 EDT Firmware Updates (0x12): 1 Slot, no Reset required Optional Admin Commands (0x0017): Security Format Frmw_DL Self_Test Optional NVM Commands (0x005e): Wr_Unc DS_Mngmt Wr_Zero Sav/Sel_Feat Timestmp Log Page Attributes (0x06): Cmd_Eff_Lg Ext_Get_Lg Maximum Data Transfer Size: 64 Pages Warning Comp. Temp. Threshold: 85 Celsius Critical Comp. Temp. Threshold: 95 Celsius Supported Power States St Op Max Active Idle RL RT WL WT Ent_Lat Ex_Lat 0 + 6.00W 0.0000W - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 + 3.00W 0.0000W - 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 + 1.50W 0.0000W - 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 0.0250W 0.0000W - 3 3 3 3 5000 1900 4 - 0.0030W - - 4 4 4 4 13000 100000 Supported LBA Sizes (NSID 0x1) Id Fmt Data Metadt Rel_Perf 0 + 512 0 1 1 - 4096 0 0 === START OF SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02) Critical Warning: 0x00 Temperature: 26 Celsius Available Spare: 100% Available Spare Threshold: 5% Percentage Used: 0% Data Units Read: 201,206 [103 GB] Data Units Written: 274,128 [140 GB] Host Read Commands: 4,982,258 Host Write Commands: 7,499,381 Controller Busy Time: 23 Power Cycles: 13 Power On Hours: 408 Unsafe Shutdowns: 9 Media and Data Integrity Errors: 0 Error Information Log Entries: 42 Warning Comp. Temperature Time: 0 Critical Comp. Temperature Time: 0 Temperature Sensor 1: 26 Celsius Temperature Sensor 2: 31 Celsius Temperature Sensor 8: 26 Celsius Error Information (NVMe Log 0x01, 16 of 16 entries) Num ErrCount SQId CmdId Status PELoc LBA NSID VS 0 42 0 0x5007 0x4005 0x028 0 0 -
Wear out
Use the attribute Percentage.
smartctl -a /dev/nvme0 | grep "Percentage" Percentage Used: 2%
SATA SSD
- How can I monitor the TBW on my Samsung SSD?
- Crucial shows rated as 220TB Total Bytes Written (TBW) while Samsung shows as 600 TB TBW. Both 5 year warranty.
- Sector size is 512 bytes.
- The ID# may be different on different devices.
- Keyboards to look for: Written, Percent
$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep "Writ" 206 Write_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 246 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 7384050441 $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep "Sector" Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep "Percent" # 99% life remain in this case 202 Percent_Lifetime_Remain 0x0030 099 099 001 Old_age Offline - 1
- Full output
$ sudo smartctl --all /dev/sda smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.19.0-46-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Crucial/Micron Client SSDs Device Model: Crucial_CT525MX300SSD1 Serial Number: 1644148274F7 LU WWN Device Id: 5 00a075 1148274f7 Firmware Version: M0CR031 User Capacity: 525,112,713,216 bytes [525 GB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Rotation Rate: Solid State Device Form Factor: 2.5 inches TRIM Command: Available, deterministic, zeroed Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5 SATA Version is: SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sat Jul 1 11:17:53 2023 EDT 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: (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: ( 1391) 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: ( 7) 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 0x002f 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 5 Reallocate_NAND_Blk_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 010 Old_age Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 14046 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 118 171 Program_Fail_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 172 Erase_Fail_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 173 Ave_Block-Erase_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 17 174 Unexpect_Power_Loss_Ct 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 78 183 SATA_Interfac_Downshift 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 Error_Correction_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 077 058 000 Old_age Always - 23 (Min/Max 12/42) 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_ECC_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1 202 Percent_Lifetime_Remain 0x0030 099 099 001 Old_age Offline - 1 206 Write_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 246 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 7384050441 247 Host_Program_Page_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 231070651 248 FTL_Program_Page_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 94337836 180 Unused_Reserve_NAND_Blk 0x0033 000 000 000 Pre-fail Always - 1940 210 Success_RAIN_Recov_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 000 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 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 14038 - # 2 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 13741 - # 3 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 13548 - # 4 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 13126 - # 5 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 12915 - # 6 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 5647 - # 7 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 5484 - # 8 Vendor (0xff) Completed without error 00% 5312 - 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.
Wear out
Use the attribute Media_Wearout_Indicator or Percentage Used or SSD Life Left.
# Kingston SSD 240 GB # smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Left 231 SSD_Life_Left 0x0000 002 002 000 Old_age Offline - 98 # Crucial 1T $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Percent 202 Percent_Lifetime_Remain 0x0030 099 099 001 Old_age Offline - 1
USB
- The message Unknown USB bridge [Please specify device type with the -d option.] indicates that smartctl is unable to automatically detect the type of USB bridge used by your external drive.
- You can try using the -d sat option to specify that the device is a SATA drive behind a SCSI-to-ATA Translation (SAT) layer.
- If this doesn’t work, you can try other device types such as -d sat,12, -d usbcypress, -d usbjmicron, -d usbprolific, or -d usbsunplus. You can find more information about these options in the smartctl man page or by running smartctl --help.
sudo smartctl -a -d sat /dev/sdX
eMMC
- eMMC storage is typically accessed via an SD/MMC interface, which is not directly supported by smartctl. Therefore, it is not possible to use smartctl to check the health of eMMC storage by specifying a device type.
- How to Check eMMC info from linux - depends on supports from Kernel Driver
dmesg | grep mmc
Calculation
$ sudo apt install calc $ calc 274127*512/1024^2 133.85107421875
> 274127 *512/1024^2 # sudo smartctl -a /dev/nvme0 | grep "Data Units Written" [1] 133.8511 # GB > 7384050441 * 512/1024^3 # sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep "Total_LBAs_Written" [1] 3520.99 # GB
Understanding smartctl -a output
Raw_Read_Error_Rate
https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/384833
- The THRESH column tells you what the vendors considers as lowest possible value considered as healthy.
- If the WORST column shows values below THRESH in same row, the drive is considered as not healthy. It also implies that VALUE has been seen below THRESH, of course. You can also see that only the attributes of type Pre-fail matter when evaluating health.
Output from a brand new disk
- PNY 1T SSD
SMART support/capability
- Use sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb . If I use sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb1, it will show SMART support is: Unavailable - device lacks SMART capability.
- gsmartcontrol can show the command it used though it does not print everything. Select a disk and click Options -> View Execution Log'.
UGREEN adapter$ sudo smartctl --info --health --capabilities /dev/sdb === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === ... 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 ...
VANTEC adapter
$ sudo smartctl --info --health --capabilities /dev/sdb === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === ... SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Status not supported: Incomplete response, ATA output registers missing SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED Warning: This result is based on an Attribute check. ...
But the rest of output are very similar. This bridge may not pass on all SMART commands.
- UGREEN SATA/USB adapter and VANTEC.