On 2017-07-22 11:02, gumb wrote:
Following on from my post last night in another thread of mine: https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2017-07/msg00853.html
This is a new problem so I don't want that post going off-topic. I just wonder if anyone else has experience with this drive model, or more general thoughts.
I have a Transcend Storejet 25M3 2TB external SATA USB drive, which contains a Seagate Samsung SpinPoint M9T, model ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD inside. Here's some details on it: https://us.transcend-info.com/Products/No-284
I'm partial to buying the HD and box separately, then I assemble them together.
ext4 instead. Using the router's built-in partition verification tool (non-destructive), the first ext4 partition check passed in under a minute, but the second xfs partition just hangs and grinds away at the drive for hours, eventually forcing me to disconnect using the router's front panel display and reboot.
xfs check is very slow, when forced to do it. It checks everything. The ext4 test is fast because it only does a superficial test, and because the partition is smaller.
Suspecting drive failure, I've tried running S.M.A.R.T. tests using GSmartControl. Attempting the extended test which requires about 6 hours, three times it has stopped saying 'User aborted', but I never touched it, and I ensured there was no power-saving that would have messed it up. Twice it only made it to 10~20%, the other time it got 80% through overnight but then bottled out again. Here's the log file: http://paste.opensuse.org/4cc41f6b
Running the surface test of the SMART test makes access to the disk by the applications to stall. It could be possible that the OS decides to abort the test, but I have never heard of such a "feature". You could just connect the box to your computer and run the test from there. I don't see anything important in the output, except that it did not finish. I would use the computer to do the test. Partitions umounted. As to the noise, there have been some suggestion on the other thread. I would reformat ext4 with those lazy features disabled. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)