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Hello. I have the following issue. On my laptop (Sony vaio VPCF11M1R) hard disk slows down dramatically from time to time (Timing cached reads: 2 MB in 2.08 seconds = ...
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- 11-05-2012 #1Just Joined!
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Hard disk gets slow from time to time
Hello. I have the following issue. On my laptop (Sony vaio VPCF11M1R) hard disk slows down dramatically from time to time (Timing cached reads: 2 MB in 2.08 seconds = 982.80 kB/sec). I suspect this is related to battery charging level. It looks like there is a system process that switches HDD to such mode. What can be done about it? Please, help. My system is ubuntu version 12.04. Thank you.
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You can use smartmontools to check your Hard disk status.
To check Hard disk, execute this in Terminal :Code:sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install smartmontools
OrCode:sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
Use smartd to check Hard disk at regular intervals.It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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- 11-08-2012 #3Just Joined!
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Thank you for answer!.
this is smartctl output (when disk works fine)
And when disk works slow:Code:smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [x86_64-linux-3.2.0-32-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Toshiba 2.5" HDD MK..65GSX Device Model: TOSHIBA MK5065GSX Serial Number: Z9C8F0PAS LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 236b04ca4 Firmware Version: GJ002H User Capacity: 500*107*862*016 bytes [500 GB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Thu Nov 8 23:55:33 2012 MSK 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: ( 120) 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: ( 175) 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 FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 100 100 001 Pre-fail Always - 1949 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2461 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 95 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 1593 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 148 100 030 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1877 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 25 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 40 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 33435 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 39 (Min/Max 20/52) 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 28 197 Current_Pending_Sector 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 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 220 Disk_Shift 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 8268 222 Loaded_Hours 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 1106 223 Load_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 224 Load_Friction 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 226 Load-in_Time 0x0026 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 315 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0001 100 100 001 Pre-fail Offline - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 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.
Code:smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [x86_64-linux-3.2.0-32-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Toshiba 2.5" HDD MK..65GSX Device Model: TOSHIBA MK5065GSX Serial Number: Z9C8F0PAS LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 236b04ca4 Firmware Version: GJ002H User Capacity: 500*107*862*016 bytes [500 GB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Fri Nov 9 00:12:32 2012 MSK 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: ( 120) 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: ( 175) 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 FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 100 100 001 Pre-fail Always - 1786 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2462 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 95 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 1594 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 149 100 030 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1877 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 25 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 40 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 33440 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 42 (Min/Max 20/52) 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 28 197 Current_Pending_Sector 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 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 220 Disk_Shift 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 8269 222 Loaded_Hours 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 1106 223 Load_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 224 Load_Friction 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 226 Load-in_Time 0x0026 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 313 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0001 100 100 001 Pre-fail Offline - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 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.
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