"Western Digital admits 2TB-6TB WD Red NAS drives use shingled magnetic recording" from Blocks & Files

[Mannekino]

Link to article: https://blocksandfiles.com/2020/04/14/wd-red-nas-drives-shingled-magnetic-recording/

Wondering what the community thoughts are on this article? I recently bought four 8TB WD Red drives (WD80EFAX) they seem to be OK. I've resilvered with them already without any issues.

 

[mistermanko]

Would you provide a smartctl -x of one of thoose? And blank out the S/N. Thanks!

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Interested in more smart data of other models (3TB red)? Why is it important to blank the serial?

 

[winnielinnie]

According to the article, if I am reading it correctly, did I get lucky? (Emphasis added by me.)

This is causing MAJOR problems – such as the latest iteration of WD REDs (WDx0EFAX replacing WDx0EFRX) being unable to be used for rebuilding RAID[56] or ZFS RAIDZ sets

My drives have the model number: WD40EFRX

This seems to imply I'm safe from the possibility that my WD Red NAS Drives use SMR?

 

[mistermanko]

Interested in more smart data of other models (3TB red)? Why is it important to blank the serial?

They are newly bought, anyone could register them to a different account and block a future RMA.

 

[Mannekino]

Would you provide a smartctl -x of one of thoose? And blank out the S/N. Thanks!

Here is the output of that command for one of my drives. I removed the S/N it's quite a bit of text.

Code:

smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p7 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Western Digital Red
Device Model:     WDC WD80EFAX-XXXXXXX
Serial Number:    XXXXXXXX
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 0bbcc7d1f
Firmware Version: 81.00A81
User Capacity:    8,001,563,222,016 bytes [8.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    5400 rpm
Form Factor:      3.5 inches
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ACS-2, ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Wed Apr 15 18:02:24 2020 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is:   Unavailable
APM feature is:   Disabled
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is:   Enabled
DSN feature is:   Unavailable
ATA Security is:  Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]
Wt Cache Reorder: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82)    Offline data collection activity
                    was completed without error.
                    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:         (   87) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                    Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                    Suspend Offline collection upon new
                    command.
                    Offline surface scan supported.
                    Self-test supported.
                    No 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:      ( 865) minutes.
SCT capabilities:            (0x003d)    SCT Status supported.
                    SCT Error Recovery Control 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          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     PO-R--   100   100   016    -    0
  2 Throughput_Performance  --S---   128   128   054    -    108
  3 Spin_Up_Time            POS---   100   100   024    -    0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        -O--C-   100   100   000    -    7
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   PO--CK   100   100   005    -    0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         -O-R--   100   100   067    -    0
  8 Seek_Time_Performance   --S---   128   128   020    -    18
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--C-   100   100   000    -    1315
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        -O--C-   100   100   060    -    0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    7
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--CK   100   100   000    -    60
193 Load_Cycle_Count        -O--C-   100   100   000    -    60
194 Temperature_Celsius     -O----   185   185   000    -    35 (Min/Max 20/45)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  -O---K   100   100   000    -    0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   ---R--   100   100   000    -    0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    -O-R--   200   200   000    -    0
                            ||||||_ K auto-keep
                            |||||__ C event count
                            ||||___ R error rate
                            |||____ S speed/performance
                            ||_____ O updated online
                            |______ P prefailure warning

General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART           Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address    Access  R/W   Size  Description
0x00       GPL,SL  R/O      1  Log Directory
0x01           SL  R/O      1  Summary SMART error log
0x02           SL  R/O      1  Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03       GPL     R/O      1  Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04       GPL     R/O    256  Device Statistics log
0x04       SL      R/O    255  Device Statistics log
0x06           SL  R/O      1  SMART self-test log
0x07       GPL     R/O      1  Extended self-test log
0x08       GPL     R/O      2  Power Conditions log
0x09           SL  R/W      1  Selective self-test log
0x0c       GPL     R/O   5501  Pending Defects log
0x10       GPL     R/O      1  NCQ Command Error log
0x11       GPL     R/O      1  SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x12       GPL     R/O      1  SATA NCQ Non-Data log
0x13       GPL     R/O      1  SATA NCQ Send and Receive log
0x15       GPL     R/W      1  Rebuild Assist log
0x21       GPL     R/O      1  Write stream error log
0x22       GPL     R/O      1  Read stream error log
0x24       GPL     R/O    256  Current Device Internal Status Data log
0x25       GPL     R/O    256  Saved Device Internal Status Data log
0x2f       GPL     -        1  Set Sector Configuration
0x30       GPL,SL  R/O      9  IDENTIFY DEVICE data log
0x80-0x9f  GPL,SL  R/W     16  Host vendor specific log
0xe0       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Command/Status
0xe1       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Data Transfer

SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
No Errors Logged

SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1297         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1273         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1249         -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1225         -
# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1201         -
# 6  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1177         -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1153         -
# 8  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1129         -
# 9  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1105         -
#10  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1081         -
#11  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1057         -
#12  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1033         -
#13  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1009         -
#14  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       985         -
#15  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       961         -
#16  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       937         -
#17  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       913         -
#18  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       890         -
#19  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       866         -

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.

SCT Status Version:                  3
SCT Version (vendor specific):       256 (0x0100)
Device State:                        Active (0)
Current Temperature:                    35 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature:     24/37 Celsius
Lifetime    Min/Max Temperature:     20/45 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count:   0/0

SCT Temperature History Version:     2
Temperature Sampling Period:         1 minute
Temperature Logging Interval:        1 minute
Min/Max recommended Temperature:      0/65 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit:           -40/70 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index):    128 (93)

Index    Estimated Time   Temperature Celsius
  94    2020-04-15 15:55    35  ****************
 ...    ..(126 skipped).    ..  ****************
  93    2020-04-15 18:02    35  ****************

SCT Error Recovery Control:
           Read:     70 (7.0 seconds)
          Write:     70 (7.0 seconds)

Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page  Offset Size        Value Flags Description
0x01  =====  =               =  ===  == General Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x01  0x008  4               7  ---  Lifetime Power-On Resets
0x01  0x010  4            1315  ---  Power-on Hours
0x01  0x018  6      9616866554  ---  Logical Sectors Written
0x01  0x020  6        66216693  ---  Number of Write Commands
0x01  0x028  6     96817168306  ---  Logical Sectors Read
0x01  0x030  6       544803588  ---  Number of Read Commands
0x01  0x038  6      4737146600  ---  Date and Time TimeStamp
0x03  =====  =               =  ===  == Rotating Media Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x03  0x008  4            1310  ---  Spindle Motor Power-on Hours
0x03  0x010  4            1310  ---  Head Flying Hours
0x03  0x018  4              60  ---  Head Load Events
0x03  0x020  4               0  ---  Number of Reallocated Logical Sectors
0x03  0x028  4               0  ---  Read Recovery Attempts
0x03  0x030  4               0  ---  Number of Mechanical Start Failures
0x04  =====  =               =  ===  == General Errors Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x04  0x008  4               0  ---  Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors
0x04  0x010  4               0  ---  Resets Between Cmd Acceptance and Completion
0x05  =====  =               =  ===  == Temperature Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x05  0x008  1              35  ---  Current Temperature
0x05  0x010  1              33  N--  Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x018  1              33  N--  Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x020  1              45  ---  Highest Temperature
0x05  0x028  1              20  ---  Lowest Temperature
0x05  0x030  1              43  N--  Highest Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x038  1              24  N--  Lowest Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x040  1              43  N--  Highest Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x048  1              25  N--  Lowest Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x050  4               0  ---  Time in Over-Temperature
0x05  0x058  1              65  ---  Specified Maximum Operating Temperature
0x05  0x060  4               0  ---  Time in Under-Temperature
0x05  0x068  1               0  ---  Specified Minimum Operating Temperature
0x06  =====  =               =  ===  == Transport Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x06  0x008  4              22  ---  Number of Hardware Resets
0x06  0x010  4               8  ---  Number of ASR Events
0x06  0x018  4               0  ---  Number of Interface CRC Errors
0xff  =====  =               =  ===  == Vendor Specific Statistics (rev 1) ==
                                |||_ C monitored condition met
                                ||__ D supports DSN
                                |___ N normalized value

Pending Defects log (GP Log 0x0c)
No Defects Logged

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID      Size     Value  Description
0x0001  2            0  Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0002  2            0  R_ERR response for data FIS
0x0003  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host data FIS
0x0004  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0005  2            0  R_ERR response for non-data FIS
0x0006  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS
0x0008  2            0  Device-to-host non-data FIS retries
0x0009  2            7  Transition from drive PhyRdy to drive PhyNRdy
0x000a  2            8  Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x000b  2            0  CRC errors within host-to-device FIS
0x000d  2            0  Non-CRC errors within host-to-device FIS

 

[mistermanko]

Good write-up on what SMR really is by the same site, published today (April 15th, 2020)

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

They are newly bought, anyone could register them to a different account and block a future RMA.

But wouldn't that someone have to return that unit with the matching serial? Anyway, here's the data from one of mine - just bought 4 new disks 6 weeks ago :(

Code:

freenas-pmh-backup# smartctl -x ada0
smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

ada0: Unable to detect device type
Please specify device type with the -d option.

Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary

freenas-pmh-backup# smartctl -x /dev/ada0
smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WDC WD30EFAX-68JH4N0
Serial Number:    WD-************
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 267955828
Firmware Version: 82.00A82
User Capacity:    3,000,592,982,016 bytes [3.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    5400 rpm
Form Factor:      3.5 inches
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Wed Apr 15 17:38:57 2020 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is:   Unavailable
APM feature is:   Unavailable
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is:   Enabled
DSN feature is:   Unavailable
ATA Security is:  Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]
Wt Cache Reorder: 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:         (10140) 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:      (  29) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities:            (0x3039)    SCT Status supported.
                    SCT Error Recovery Control 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          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     POSR-K   100   253   051    -    0
  3 Spin_Up_Time            POS--K   203   201   021    -    2850
  4 Start_Stop_Count        -O--CK   100   100   000    -    60
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   PO--CK   200   200   140    -    0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         -OSR-K   200   200   000    -    0
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   099   099   000    -    1004
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        -O--CK   100   253   000    -    0
 11 Calibration_Retry_Count -O--CK   100   253   000    -    0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    60
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--CK   200   200   000    -    58
193 Load_Cycle_Count        -O--CK   200   200   000    -    3
194 Temperature_Celsius     -O---K   117   114   000    -    30
196 Reallocated_Event_Count -O--CK   200   200   000    -    0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  -O--CK   200   200   000    -    0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   ----CK   100   253   000    -    0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    -O--CK   200   200   000    -    0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   ---R--   100   253   000    -    0
                            ||||||_ K auto-keep
                            |||||__ C event count
                            ||||___ R error rate
                            |||____ S speed/performance
                            ||_____ O updated online
                            |______ P prefailure warning

General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART           Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address    Access  R/W   Size  Description
0x00       GPL,SL  R/O      1  Log Directory
0x01           SL  R/O      1  Summary SMART error log
0x02           SL  R/O      5  Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03       GPL     R/O      6  Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04       GPL     R/O    256  Device Statistics log
0x04       SL      R/O      8  Device Statistics log
0x06           SL  R/O      1  SMART self-test log
0x07       GPL     R/O      1  Extended self-test log
0x09           SL  R/W      1  Selective self-test log
0x0c       GPL     R/O   2048  Pending Defects log
0x10       GPL     R/O      1  NCQ Command Error log
0x11       GPL     R/O      1  SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x24       GPL     R/O    294  Current Device Internal Status Data log
0x30       GPL,SL  R/O      9  IDENTIFY DEVICE data log
0x80-0x9f  GPL,SL  R/W     16  Host vendor specific log
0xa0-0xa7  GPL,SL  VS      16  Device vendor specific log
0xa8-0xb6  GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xb7       GPL,SL  VS      78  Device vendor specific log
0xb9       GPL,SL  VS       4  Device vendor specific log
0xbd       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xc0       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xc1       GPL     VS      93  Device vendor specific log
0xe0       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Command/Status
0xe1       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Data Transfer

SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (6 sectors)
No Errors Logged

SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]

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.

SCT Status Version:                  3
SCT Version (vendor specific):       258 (0x0102)
Device State:                        Active (0)
Current Temperature:                    30 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature:     29/30 Celsius
Lifetime    Min/Max Temperature:     16/33 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count:   0/0
Vendor specific:
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SCT Temperature History Version:     2
Temperature Sampling Period:         1 minute
Temperature Logging Interval:        1 minute
Min/Max recommended Temperature:      0/65 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit:           -41/85 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index):    478 (51)

Index    Estimated Time   Temperature Celsius
  52    2020-04-15 09:41    29  **********
  53    2020-04-15 09:42    29  **********
  54    2020-04-15 09:43    30  ***********
  55    2020-04-15 09:44    30  ***********
  56    2020-04-15 09:45    29  **********
 ...    ..( 11 skipped).    ..  **********
  68    2020-04-15 09:57    29  **********
  69    2020-04-15 09:58    30  ***********
  70    2020-04-15 09:59    29  **********
 ...    ..(  7 skipped).    ..  **********
  78    2020-04-15 10:07    29  **********
  79    2020-04-15 10:08    30  ***********
 ...    ..(  3 skipped).    ..  ***********
  83    2020-04-15 10:12    30  ***********
  84    2020-04-15 10:13    29  **********
  85    2020-04-15 10:14    30  ***********
  86    2020-04-15 10:15    29  **********
  87    2020-04-15 10:16    29  **********
  88    2020-04-15 10:17    30  ***********
  89    2020-04-15 10:18    30  ***********
  90    2020-04-15 10:19    30  ***********
  91    2020-04-15 10:20    29  **********
 ...    ..( 12 skipped).    ..  **********
 104    2020-04-15 10:33    29  **********
 105    2020-04-15 10:34    30  ***********
 106    2020-04-15 10:35    30  ***********
 107    2020-04-15 10:36    29  **********
 ...    ..( 14 skipped).    ..  **********
 122    2020-04-15 10:51    29  **********
 123    2020-04-15 10:52    30  ***********
 124    2020-04-15 10:53    29  **********
 ...    ..( 26 skipped).    ..  **********
 151    2020-04-15 11:20    29  **********
 152    2020-04-15 11:21    30  ***********
 153    2020-04-15 11:22    30  ***********
 154    2020-04-15 11:23    30  ***********
 155    2020-04-15 11:24    29  **********
 ...    ..(  3 skipped).    ..  **********
 159    2020-04-15 11:28    29  **********
 160    2020-04-15 11:29     ?  -
 161    2020-04-15 11:30    30  ***********
 162    2020-04-15 11:31     ?  -
 163    2020-04-15 11:32    30  ***********
 164    2020-04-15 11:33    29  **********
 ...    ..( 84 skipped).    ..  **********
 249    2020-04-15 12:58    29  **********
 250    2020-04-15 12:59    30  ***********
 251    2020-04-15 13:00    29  **********
 ...    ..(  6 skipped).    ..  **********
 258    2020-04-15 13:07    29  **********
 259    2020-04-15 13:08    30  ***********
 ...    ..( 53 skipped).    ..  ***********
 313    2020-04-15 14:02    30  ***********
 314    2020-04-15 14:03    29  **********
 315    2020-04-15 14:04    30  ***********
 ...    ..( 16 skipped).    ..  ***********
 332    2020-04-15 14:21    30  ***********
 333    2020-04-15 14:22    29  **********
 334    2020-04-15 14:23    30  ***********
 335    2020-04-15 14:24    30  ***********
 336    2020-04-15 14:25    30  ***********
 337    2020-04-15 14:26    29  **********
 338    2020-04-15 14:27    30  ***********
 ...    ..(129 skipped).    ..  ***********
 468    2020-04-15 16:37    30  ***********
 469    2020-04-15 16:38    29  **********
 470    2020-04-15 16:39    30  ***********
 ...    ..( 12 skipped).    ..  ***********
   5    2020-04-15 16:52    30  ***********
   6    2020-04-15 16:53    29  **********
   7    2020-04-15 16:54    29  **********
   8    2020-04-15 16:55    29  **********
   9    2020-04-15 16:56    30  ***********
  10    2020-04-15 16:57    30  ***********
  11    2020-04-15 16:58    29  **********
 ...    ..(  3 skipped).    ..  **********
  15    2020-04-15 17:02    29  **********
  16    2020-04-15 17:03    30  ***********
  17    2020-04-15 17:04    29  **********
  18    2020-04-15 17:05    29  **********
  19    2020-04-15 17:06    30  ***********
 ...    ..( 31 skipped).    ..  ***********
  51    2020-04-15 17:38    30  ***********

SCT Error Recovery Control:
           Read:     70 (7.0 seconds)
          Write:     70 (7.0 seconds)

Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page  Offset Size        Value Flags Description
0x01  =====  =               =  ===  == General Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x01  0x008  4              60  ---  Lifetime Power-On Resets
0x01  0x010  4            1004  ---  Power-on Hours
0x01  0x018  6       605243128  ---  Logical Sectors Written
0x01  0x020  6        12389946  ---  Number of Write Commands
0x01  0x028  6         1538445  ---  Logical Sectors Read
0x01  0x030  6           46281  ---  Number of Read Commands
0x01  0x038  6      3614400000  ---  Date and Time TimeStamp
0x03  =====  =               =  ===  == Rotating Media Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x03  0x008  4             994  ---  Spindle Motor Power-on Hours
0x03  0x010  4             994  ---  Head Flying Hours
0x03  0x018  4              62  ---  Head Load Events
0x03  0x020  4               0  ---  Number of Reallocated Logical Sectors
0x03  0x028  4               0  ---  Read Recovery Attempts
0x03  0x030  4               0  ---  Number of Mechanical Start Failures
0x03  0x038  4               0  ---  Number of Realloc. Candidate Logical Sectors
0x03  0x040  4              58  ---  Number of High Priority Unload Events
0x04  =====  =               =  ===  == General Errors Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x04  0x008  4               0  ---  Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors
0x04  0x010  4               0  ---  Resets Between Cmd Acceptance and Completion
0x05  =====  =               =  ===  == Temperature Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x05  0x008  1              30  ---  Current Temperature
0x05  0x010  1              29  ---  Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x018  1               -  ---  Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x020  1              33  ---  Highest Temperature
0x05  0x028  1              23  ---  Lowest Temperature
0x05  0x030  1              32  ---  Highest Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x038  1              26  ---  Lowest Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x040  1               -  ---  Highest Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x048  1               -  ---  Lowest Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x050  4               0  ---  Time in Over-Temperature
0x05  0x058  1              65  ---  Specified Maximum Operating Temperature
0x05  0x060  4               0  ---  Time in Under-Temperature
0x05  0x068  1               0  ---  Specified Minimum Operating Temperature
0x06  =====  =               =  ===  == Transport Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x06  0x008  4             142  ---  Number of Hardware Resets
0x06  0x010  4              42  ---  Number of ASR Events
0x06  0x018  4               0  ---  Number of Interface CRC Errors
0xff  =====  =               =  ===  == Vendor Specific Statistics (rev 1) ==
0xff  0x008  7               0  ---  Vendor Specific
0xff  0x010  7               0  ---  Vendor Specific
0xff  0x018  7               0  ---  Vendor Specific
                                |||_ C monitored condition met
                                ||__ D supports DSN
                                |___ N normalized value

Pending Defects log (GP Log 0x0c)
No Defects Logged

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID      Size     Value  Description
0x0001  2            0  Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0002  2            0  R_ERR response for data FIS
0x0003  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host data FIS
0x0004  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0005  2            0  R_ERR response for non-data FIS
0x0006  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS
0x0008  2            0  Device-to-host non-data FIS retries
0x0009  2            2  Transition from drive PhyRdy to drive PhyNRdy
0x000a  2            3  Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x000b  2            0  CRC errors within host-to-device FIS
0x000d  2            0  Non-CRC errors within host-to-device FIS
0x000f  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS, CRC
0x0012  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS, CRC
0x8000  4        22154  Vendor specific

 

[mistermanko]

But wouldn't that someone have to return that unit with the matching serial?

But your heart slides in your pants when the online form says that the serial number is already known.
The original owner can prove his tenure in case of RMA - through a receipt or a photo. It's just unintended hassle you can avoid easily.

 

[mistermanko]

Ok so here is my 4yr old ERFX 4TB Red:

Code:

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Western Digital Red
Device Model:     WDC WD40EFRX-X
Serial Number:    WD-X
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 2b5431ab7
Firmware Version: 80.00A80
User Capacity:    4,000,787,030,016 bytes [4.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    5400 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Wed Apr 15 18:08:29 2020 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is:   Unavailable
APM feature is:   Unavailable
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is:   Enabled
DSN feature is:   Unavailable
ATA Security is:  Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]
Wt Cache Reorder: 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:                (52860) 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:        ( 529) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:        (   5) minutes.
SCT capabilities:              (0x703d) SCT Status supported.
                                        SCT Error Recovery Control 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          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     POSR-K   200   200   051    -    0
  3 Spin_Up_Time            POS--K   189   179   021    -    7525
  4 Start_Stop_Count        -O--CK   079   079   000    -    21753
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   PO--CK   200   200   140    -    0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         -OSR-K   200   200   000    -    0
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   053   053   000    -    34862
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
 11 Calibration_Retry_Count -O--CK   100   253   000    -    0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    72
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--CK   200   200   000    -    63
193 Load_Cycle_Count        -O--CK   193   193   000    -    21730
194 Temperature_Celsius     -O---K   121   099   000    -    31
196 Reallocated_Event_Count -O--CK   200   200   000    -    0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  -O--CK   200   200   000    -    0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   ----CK   100   253   000    -    0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    -O--CK   200   200   000    -    0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   ---R--   200   200   000    -    0
                            ||||||_ K auto-keep
                            |||||__ C event count
                            ||||___ R error rate
                            |||____ S speed/performance
                            ||_____ O updated online
                            |______ P prefailure warning

General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART           Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address    Access  R/W   Size  Description
0x00       GPL,SL  R/O      1  Log Directory
0x01           SL  R/O      1  Summary SMART error log
0x02           SL  R/O      5  Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03       GPL     R/O      6  Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x06           SL  R/O      1  SMART self-test log
0x07       GPL     R/O      1  Extended self-test log
0x09           SL  R/W      1  Selective self-test log
0x10       GPL     R/O      1  NCQ Command Error log
0x11       GPL     R/O      1  SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x21       GPL     R/O      1  Write stream error log
0x22       GPL     R/O      1  Read stream error log
0x80-0x9f  GPL,SL  R/W     16  Host vendor specific log
0xa0-0xa7  GPL,SL  VS      16  Device vendor specific log
0xa8-0xb7  GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xbd       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xc0       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xc1       GPL     VS      93  Device vendor specific log
0xe0       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Command/Status
0xe1       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Data Transfer

SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (6 sectors)
No Errors Logged

SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34857         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34832         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34808         -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34785         -
# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34761         -
# 6  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34738         -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34737         -
# 8  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     34713         -
# 9  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34689         -
#10  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34665         -
#11  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34641         -
#12  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34617         -
#13  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34593         -
#14  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34569         -
#15  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     34545         -
#16  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34521         -
#17  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34497         -
#18  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     34473         -

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.

SCT Status Version:                  3
SCT Version (vendor specific):       258 (0x0102)
Device State:                        Active (0)
Current Temperature:                    31 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature:     28/34 Celsius
Lifetime    Min/Max Temperature:      3/53 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count:   0/0
Vendor specific:
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SCT Temperature History Version:     2
Temperature Sampling Period:         1 minute
Temperature Logging Interval:        1 minute
Min/Max recommended Temperature:      0/60 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit:           -41/85 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index):    478 (467)

Index    Estimated Time   Temperature Celsius
 468    2020-04-15 10:11    33  **************
 469    2020-04-15 10:12    33  **************
 470    2020-04-15 10:13    32  *************
 ...    ..( 50 skipped).    ..  *************
  43    2020-04-15 11:04    32  *************
  44    2020-04-15 11:05    31  ************
 ...    ..(  7 skipped).    ..  ************
  52    2020-04-15 11:13    31  ************
  53    2020-04-15 11:14    32  *************
 ...    ..( 36 skipped).    ..  *************
  90    2020-04-15 11:51    32  *************
  91    2020-04-15 11:52    31  ************
 ...    ..(  4 skipped).    ..  ************
  96    2020-04-15 11:57    31  ************
  97    2020-04-15 11:58    32  *************
 ...    ..(111 skipped).    ..  *************
 209    2020-04-15 13:50    32  *************
 210    2020-04-15 13:51    31  ************
 ...    ..(140 skipped).    ..  ************
 351    2020-04-15 16:12    31  ************
 352    2020-04-15 16:13    32  *************
 ...    ..( 25 skipped).    ..  *************
 378    2020-04-15 16:39    32  *************
 379    2020-04-15 16:40    33  **************
 ...    ..( 37 skipped).    ..  **************
 417    2020-04-15 17:18    33  **************
 418    2020-04-15 17:19    34  ***************
 ...    ..( 27 skipped).    ..  ***************
 446    2020-04-15 17:47    34  ***************
 447    2020-04-15 17:48    33  **************
 ...    ..( 19 skipped).    ..  **************
 467    2020-04-15 18:08    33  **************

SCT Error Recovery Control:
           Read:     70 (7.0 seconds)
          Write:     70 (7.0 seconds)

Device Statistics (GP/SMART Log 0x04) not supported

Pending Defects log (GP Log 0x0c) not supported

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID      Size     Value  Description
0x0001  2            0  Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0002  2            0  R_ERR response for data FIS
0x0003  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host data FIS
0x0004  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0005  2            0  R_ERR response for non-data FIS
0x0006  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS
0x0008  2            0  Device-to-host non-data FIS retries
0x0009  2            1  Transition from drive PhyRdy to drive PhyNRdy
0x000a  2            2  Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x000b  2            0  CRC errors within host-to-device FIS
0x000f  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS, CRC
0x0012  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS, CRC
0x8000  4       451271  Vendor specific

Other than a higher F/W I cannot see any difference, in terms of features or so.

 

[proto]

Here is my contribute... my zraid2 pools:

Code:

WD RED 4 TB    EXP        DESC
-----------
xxxxxxxxxx    24-Jul-2018    GIANT
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx    25-Jan-2022    APOLLO
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx

WD RED 3 TB
------------
xxxxxxxxxx    14-Feb-2018    DIABLO3S
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx    22-Sep-2021    APOLLO
xxxxxxxxxx

da[0-1] --> WD40EFRX exp july '18 GIANT series (2 disks)

Code:

smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p6 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Western Digital Red
Device Model:     WDC WD40EFRX
Serial Number:    WD-XXXXXXXXXXX
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 2b6a90fab
Firmware Version: 82.00A82
User Capacity:    4,000,787,030,016 bytes [4.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    5400 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Wed Apr 15 18:17:25 2020 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is:   Unavailable
APM feature is:   Unavailable
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is:   Enabled
DSN feature is:   Unavailable
ATA Security is:  Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]
Wt Cache Reorder: 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:         (55560) 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:      ( 555) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   5) minutes.
SCT capabilities:            (0x703d)    SCT Status supported.
                    SCT Error Recovery Control 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          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     POSR-K   200   200   051    -    0
  3 Spin_Up_Time            POS--K   183   182   021    -    7808
  4 Start_Stop_Count        -O--CK   100   100   000    -    129
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   PO--CK   200   200   140    -    0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         -OSR-K   200   200   000    -    0
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   086   086   000    -    10481
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
 11 Calibration_Retry_Count -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    129
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--CK   200   200   000    -    85
193 Load_Cycle_Count        -O--CK   200   200   000    -    405
194 Temperature_Celsius     -O---K   121   112   000    -    31
196 Reallocated_Event_Count -O--CK   200   200   000    -    0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  -O--CK   200   200   000    -    0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   ----CK   100   253   000    -    0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    -O--CK   200   200   000    -    0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   ---R--   200   200   000    -    0
                            ||||||_ K auto-keep
                            |||||__ C event count
                            ||||___ R error rate
                            |||____ S speed/performance
                            ||_____ O updated online
                            |______ P prefailure warning

General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART           Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address    Access  R/W   Size  Description
0x00       GPL,SL  R/O      1  Log Directory
0x01           SL  R/O      1  Summary SMART error log
0x02           SL  R/O      5  Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03       GPL     R/O      6  Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x06           SL  R/O      1  SMART self-test log
0x07       GPL     R/O      1  Extended self-test log
0x09           SL  R/W      1  Selective self-test log
0x10       GPL     R/O      1  NCQ Command Error log
0x11       GPL     R/O      1  SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x21       GPL     R/O      1  Write stream error log
0x22       GPL     R/O      1  Read stream error log
0x80-0x9f  GPL,SL  R/W     16  Host vendor specific log
0xa0-0xa7  GPL,SL  VS      16  Device vendor specific log
0xa8-0xb6  GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xb7       GPL,SL  VS      39  Device vendor specific log
0xbd       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xc0       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xc1       GPL     VS      93  Device vendor specific log
0xe0       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Command/Status
0xe1       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Data Transfer

SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (6 sectors)
No Errors Logged

SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     10463         -
# 2  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     10402         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     10296         -
# 4  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     10234         -
# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     10128         -
# 6  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     10067         -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      9961         -
# 8  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      9901         -
# 9  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      9793         -
#10  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      9732         -
#11  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      9625         -
#12  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      9564         -
#13  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      9457         -
#14  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      9396         -
#15  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      9290         -
#16  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      9228         -
#17  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      9122         -
#18  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      9062         -

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.

SCT Status Version:                  3
SCT Version (vendor specific):       258 (0x0102)
Device State:                        Active (0)
Current Temperature:                    31 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature:     22/34 Celsius
Lifetime    Min/Max Temperature:      3/40 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count:   0/0
Vendor specific:
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SCT Temperature History Version:     2
Temperature Sampling Period:         1 minute
Temperature Logging Interval:        1 minute
Min/Max recommended Temperature:      0/60 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit:           -41/85 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index):    478 (349)

Index    Estimated Time   Temperature Celsius
 350    2020-04-15 10:20    31  ************
 ...    ..(310 skipped).    ..  ************
 183    2020-04-15 15:31    31  ************
 184    2020-04-15 15:32    32  *************
 ...    ..( 14 skipped).    ..  *************
 199    2020-04-15 15:47    32  *************
 200    2020-04-15 15:48    31  ************
 ...    ..(148 skipped).    ..  ************
 349    2020-04-15 18:17    31  ************

SCT Error Recovery Control:
           Read:     70 (7.0 seconds)
          Write:     70 (7.0 seconds)

Device Statistics (GP/SMART Log 0x04) not supported

Pending Defects log (GP Log 0x0c) not supported

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID      Size     Value  Description
0x0001  2            0  Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0002  2            0  R_ERR response for data FIS
0x0003  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host data FIS
0x0004  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0005  2            0  R_ERR response for non-data FIS
0x0006  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS
0x0008  2            0  Device-to-host non-data FIS retries
0x0009  2           23  Transition from drive PhyRdy to drive PhyNRdy
0x000a  2           24  Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x000b  2            0  CRC errors within host-to-device FIS
0x000f  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS, CRC
0x0012  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS, CRC
0x8000  4     10203134  Vendor specific

da[2-5] --> WD40EFRX still on warranty APOLLO series (4 disks)

Code:

smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p6 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Western Digital Red
Device Model:     WDC WD40EFRX
Serial Number:    WD-XXXXXXXXXXX
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 2659d1efb
Firmware Version: 82.00A82
User Capacity:    4,000,787,030,016 bytes [4.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    5400 rpm
Form Factor:      3.5 inches
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Wed Apr 15 18:17:37 2020 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is:   Unavailable
APM feature is:   Unavailable
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is:   Enabled
DSN feature is:   Unavailable
ATA Security is:  Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]
Wt Cache Reorder: 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:         (43680) 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:      ( 463) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   5) minutes.
SCT capabilities:            (0x303d)    SCT Status supported.
                    SCT Error Recovery Control 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          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     POSR-K   200   200   051    -    0
  3 Spin_Up_Time            POS--K   165   165   021    -    6716
  4 Start_Stop_Count        -O--CK   100   100   000    -    79
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   PO--CK   200   200   140    -    0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         -OSR-K   200   200   000    -    0
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   087   087   000    -    9640
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        -O--CK   100   253   000    -    0
 11 Calibration_Retry_Count -O--CK   100   253   000    -    0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    79
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--CK   200   200   000    -    77
193 Load_Cycle_Count        -O--CK   200   200   000    -    81
194 Temperature_Celsius     -O---K   120   111   000    -    30
196 Reallocated_Event_Count -O--CK   200   200   000    -    0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  -O--CK   200   200   000    -    0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   ----CK   100   253   000    -    0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    -O--CK   200   200   000    -    0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   ---R--   200   200   000    -    0
                            ||||||_ K auto-keep
                            |||||__ C event count
                            ||||___ R error rate
                            |||____ S speed/performance
                            ||_____ O updated online
                            |______ P prefailure warning

General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART           Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address    Access  R/W   Size  Description
0x00       GPL,SL  R/O      1  Log Directory
0x01           SL  R/O      1  Summary SMART error log
0x02           SL  R/O      5  Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03       GPL     R/O      6  Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04       GPL,SL  R/O      8  Device Statistics log
0x06           SL  R/O      1  SMART self-test log
0x07       GPL     R/O      1  Extended self-test log
0x09           SL  R/W      1  Selective self-test log
0x10       GPL     R/O      1  NCQ Command Error log
0x11       GPL     R/O      1  SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x30       GPL,SL  R/O      9  IDENTIFY DEVICE data log
0x80-0x9f  GPL,SL  R/W     16  Host vendor specific log
0xa0-0xa7  GPL,SL  VS      16  Device vendor specific log
0xa8-0xb6  GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xb7       GPL,SL  VS      56  Device vendor specific log
0xbd       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xc0       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xc1       GPL     VS      93  Device vendor specific log
0xe0       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Command/Status
0xe1       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Data Transfer

SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (6 sectors)
No Errors Logged

SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      9622         -
# 2  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      9558         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      9454         -
# 4  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      9391         -
# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      9287         -
# 6  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      9224         -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      9120         -
# 8  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      9058         -
# 9  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      8952         -
#10  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      8888         -
#11  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      8784         -
#12  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      8720         -
#13  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      8616         -
#14  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      8552         -
#15  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      8449         -
#16  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      8385         -
#17  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      8281         -
#18  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      8218         -

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.

SCT Status Version:                  3
SCT Version (vendor specific):       258 (0x0102)
Device State:                        Active (0)
Current Temperature:                    30 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature:     22/33 Celsius
Lifetime    Min/Max Temperature:     22/39 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count:   0/0
Vendor specific:
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SCT Temperature History Version:     2
Temperature Sampling Period:         1 minute
Temperature Logging Interval:        1 minute
Min/Max recommended Temperature:      0/65 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit:           -41/85 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index):    478 (174)

Index    Estimated Time   Temperature Celsius
 175    2020-04-15 10:20    30  ***********
 ...    ..(243 skipped).    ..  ***********
 419    2020-04-15 14:24    30  ***********
 420    2020-04-15 14:25    31  ************
 ...    ..( 45 skipped).    ..  ************
 466    2020-04-15 15:11    31  ************
 467    2020-04-15 15:12    30  ***********
 ...    ..(184 skipped).    ..  ***********
 174    2020-04-15 18:17    30  ***********

SCT Error Recovery Control:
           Read:     70 (7.0 seconds)
          Write:     70 (7.0 seconds)

Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page  Offset Size        Value Flags Description
0x01  =====  =               =  ===  == General Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x01  0x008  4              79  ---  Lifetime Power-On Resets
0x01  0x010  4            9640  ---  Power-on Hours
0x01  0x018  6      9103238678  ---  Logical Sectors Written
0x01  0x020  6       305888728  ---  Number of Write Commands
0x01  0x028  6     13314327545  ---  Logical Sectors Read
0x01  0x030  6        66400986  ---  Number of Read Commands
0x01  0x038  6       344261632  ---  Date and Time TimeStamp
0x03  =====  =               =  ===  == Rotating Media Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x03  0x008  4            9584  ---  Spindle Motor Power-on Hours
0x03  0x010  4            9495  ---  Head Flying Hours
0x03  0x018  4             159  ---  Head Load Events
0x03  0x020  4               0  ---  Number of Reallocated Logical Sectors
0x03  0x028  4               1  ---  Read Recovery Attempts
0x03  0x030  4               0  ---  Number of Mechanical Start Failures
0x03  0x038  4               0  ---  Number of Realloc. Candidate Logical Sectors
0x03  0x040  4              77  ---  Number of High Priority Unload Events
0x04  =====  =               =  ===  == General Errors Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x04  0x008  4               0  ---  Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors
0x04  0x010  4               0  ---  Resets Between Cmd Acceptance and Completion
0x05  =====  =               =  ===  == Temperature Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x05  0x008  1              30  ---  Current Temperature
0x05  0x010  1              30  ---  Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x018  1              28  ---  Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x020  1              39  ---  Highest Temperature
0x05  0x028  1              23  ---  Lowest Temperature
0x05  0x030  1              38  ---  Highest Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x038  1              26  ---  Lowest Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x040  1              35  ---  Highest Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x048  1              27  ---  Lowest Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x050  4               0  ---  Time in Over-Temperature
0x05  0x058  1              65  ---  Specified Maximum Operating Temperature
0x05  0x060  4               0  ---  Time in Under-Temperature
0x05  0x068  1               0  ---  Specified Minimum Operating Temperature
0x06  =====  =               =  ===  == Transport Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x06  0x008  4             747  ---  Number of Hardware Resets
0x06  0x010  4             373  ---  Number of ASR Events
0x06  0x018  4               0  ---  Number of Interface CRC Errors
                                |||_ C monitored condition met
                                ||__ D supports DSN
                                |___ N normalized value

Pending Defects log (GP Log 0x0c) not supported

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID      Size     Value  Description
0x0001  2            0  Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0002  2            0  R_ERR response for data FIS
0x0003  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host data FIS
0x0004  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0005  2            0  R_ERR response for non-data FIS
0x0006  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS
0x0008  2            0  Device-to-host non-data FIS retries
0x0009  2           23  Transition from drive PhyRdy to drive PhyNRdy
0x000a  2           38  Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x000b  2            0  CRC errors within host-to-device FIS
0x000d  2            0  Non-CRC errors within host-to-device FIS
0x000f  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS, CRC
0x0012  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS, CRC
0x8000  4     10202543  Vendor specific

Code:

 smartctl -l gplog,0x30,9 /dev/da0
smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p6 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

General Purpose Log 0x30 does not exist (override with '-T permissive' option)
root@bestia[~]# smartctl -l gplog,0x30,9 /dev/da0
smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p6 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

General Purpose Log 0x30 does not exist (override with '-T permissive' option)

Code:

smartctl -l gplog,0x30,9 /dev/da2
smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p6 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

General Purpose Log 0x30 has only 9 sectors, output skipped

should I worry about something? Because it's really not very clear to me and maybe I misinterpreted the information I read on the smartmontools bug tracker here https://www.smartmontools.org/ticket/1313

 

[mistermanko]

Consensus seems to be that most SMR drives support TRIM. To check that you can in Linux use hdparm -I
I don't know of a similar command in FreeBSD.

The only real external clue that these drives are not what they should be is that they report themselves as "trim" capable - which a CMR drive shouldn't be able to do.

for a WD40EFAX

hdparm -I shows:
* Data Set Management TRIM supported (limit 10 blocks)
* Deterministic read ZEROs after TRIM

And to make matters worse, not all DM-SMR drives are doing this - for example Seagate ST3000DM-007 are DM-SMR but don't report TRIM capabilities

 

[SweetAndLow]

camcontrol identify /dev/daXX is how you do it on freebsd.

 

[proto]

No TRIM on both OLD and NEW WD EFXR:

Code:

# diff -y camid_da0 camid_da2

Data Set Management (DSM/TRIM) no 

 

[Mannekino]

camcontrol identify /dev/daXX is how you do it on freebsd.

I ran this command for my drives and it came back without TRIM

Code:

Data Set Management (DSM/TRIM) no

 

[Johnnie Black]

4TB WDs are CMR, currently only the new 2 and 6TB models are SMR, if/when they release a WD40EFAX with 256MB cache it will likely be SMR also.

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

What about 3TB?

 

[Johnnie Black]

Currently and AFAIK there only are 2 and 6TB SMR models from WD, both in the Blue and Red lines, I posted about these drives a few months ago:

Hardware Recommendations Guide Discussion Thread

But what's the reliability on those cheapo SSDs? Any time I've gotten a cheap SSD they've failed more than the USB drives I've gotten. In the four years I've been using FreeNAS on USB drives, I've killed a total of one, and that one was a used one anyway. Get good quality USB drives, you'll be...

www.ixsystems.com

 

[mistermanko]

4TB WDs are CMR, currently only the new 2 and 6TB models are SMR, if/when they release a WD40EFAX with 256MB cache it will likely be SMR also.

According to the Blocks and Files article and to geizhals.de 2TB, 4TB and 6TB EFAX drives are SMR drives. Starting with 8TB EFAX drives remain CMR atm.

 

[Johnnie Black]

4TB and 6TB EFAX

AFAIK WD40EFAX isn't yet available, and the WD40EFRX is CMR, but wouldn't be surprised if one is/was launched recently.