S.M.A.R.T. attributes (original) (raw)

This is the list of all known attributes supported by IDE and Serial ATA hard disks. Note: some manufacturers may use the attributes for different purposes also. Attributes not listed here are "vendor specific" attributes (their purpose is not known).

1

Raw Read Error Rate

Errors occured while reading raw data from a disk
Indicate problem with the disk surface or the read/write heads.
Critical attribute

2

Throughput Performance

General throughput performance of the hard disk
Indicate problem with motor, servo or bearings.

3

Spin Up Time

Time needed by spindle to spin-up to full RPM
Indicate problem with motor or bearings.
Critical attribute

4

Start/Stop Count

Count of start/stop cycles of spindle
This value does not directly affect the condition of the drive.

5

Reallocated Sector Count (Reallocated Sectors Count)

Count of sectors moved to the spare area
Indicate problem with the disk surface or the read/write heads.
Critical attribute

6

Read Channel Margin

Margin of a channel while reading data
The exact function of this attribute is not specified.

7

Seek Error Rate

Rate of positioning errors of the read/write heads
Indicate problem with servo, head. High temperature can also cause this problem.
Critical attribute

8

Seek Time Performance

Average time of seek operations of the heads
Indicate problem with servo.
Critical attribute

9

Power-On Time Count

Total time the drive is powered on
The unit of the measure depends on the manufacturer.

10

Spin Retry Count

Retry count of spin start attempts
Indicate problem with motor, bearings or power supply.
Critical attribute

11

Drive Calibration Retry Count

Number of attempts to calibrate a drive
Indicate problem with motor, bearings or power supply.

12

Drive Power Cycle Count

Number of complete power on/off cycles
This value does not directly affect the condition of the drive.

13

Soft Read Error Rate

Number of software read errors
The number of uncorreactable read errors.

184

End-to-End error

Number of parity errors during transfer between the cache RAM and the host.

187

Reported Uncorrectable Errors

Errors that could not be recovered using hardware error correction methods.

188

Command Timeout

Number of aborted operations due to HDD timeout. Value larger than zero may indicate power supply or data cable connection problems.

189

High Fly Writes

Number of unsafe write operations outside the normal head flying range.

190

Airflow Temperature

Airflow temperature
The temperature of the air inside the hard disk housing.

191

Mechanical Shock

Count of problems caused by mechanical shock
Acceleration (for example falling) can cause mechanical shock.

192

Power off Retract Cycle

Count of power off cycles
This value does not directly affect the condition of the drive.

193

Load/Unload Cycle Count

Count of load/unload cycles
Number of cycles the head moved into landing zone position.

194

HDD Temperature

Disk temperature
The temperature inside the hard disk housing.

195

Hardware ECC Recovered

Count of correctable errors
Number of errors corrected by the internal error correcting mechanism.

196

Reallocation Event Count

Count of sector remap operations
Number of all (successful and failed) remap operations.
Critical attribute

197

Current Pending Sector Count

Count of unstable sectors
These pending sectors may be remapped to the spare area.
Critical attribute

198

Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count

Count of uncorrectable errors when reading/writing
Indicate problem with the disk surface or the read/write heads.
Critical attribute

199

Ultra ATA CRC Error Count

Count of errors during data transfer between disk and host
Indicate problem with the power supply or data cable.

200

Write Error Rate

Errors occured while writing raw data from a disk
Indicate problem with the disk surface or the read/write heads.

201

Soft Read Error Rate

Number of software read errors
The number of uncorreactable read errors.

202

Data Address Mark Errors

Number of data address mark errors
Number of incorrect or invalid address marks.

203

Run Out Cancel

Number of data correction errors
Invalid error correction checksum found during error correction.

204

Soft ECC Correction

Number of corrected data errors
Errors corrected by the internal error correction mechanism.

205

Thermal Asperity Rate

Number of thermal problems
Total number of problems caused by high temperature.

206

Flying Height

Head flying height
The height of the disk heads above the disk surface.

207

Spin High Current

Current value during spin up
The current needed to spin up the drive.

208

Spin Buzz

Number of cycles needed to spin up
The number of retries during spin up because of low current available.

209

Offline Seek Performance

Drive performance during offline operations
The seek performance of the drive during internal self tests.

211

Vibration During Write

Vibration encountered during write operations.

212

Shock During Write

Shock encountered during write operations.

220

Disk Shift

Distance of the disk has shifted relative to the spindle
Incorrect disk spin can be cause by mechanical shock or high temperature.

221

G-Sense Error Rate

Number of mechanical errors
Number of errors resulting from shock or vibration.

222

Loaded Hours

Number of powered on hours
This value is constantly increasing (once per every hour).

223

Load/Unload Retry Count

Number of load/unload operations
The number of drive head enters/leaves the data zone.

224

Load Friction

Mechanical friction rate
The rate of friction between mechanical parts. Indicate problem with the mechanical subsystem of the drive.

226

Load-in Time

Total time the heads are loaded
The time while the read/write heads are in the data zone.

227

Torque Amplification Count

Rate of torque increase
Torque increase during the spin up operation of the hard disk.

228

Power-off Retract Count

Number of power off cycles
The number of times the head was retracted as a result of power loss.

230

GMR Head Amplitude

Head positioning amplitude
Head moving distances between operations.

231

Hard Disk Temperature

Disk temperature
The temperature inside the hard disk housing.

240

Head Flying Hours

Number of head positioning hours
Time spent during the positioning of the drive heads.

250

Read Error Retry Rate

Number of retries during read operations
Number of errors found during reading a sector from disk surface.

254

Free Fall Event Count

Number of free fall events detected by the accelerometer sensor.

This is the list of all known attributes supported by SCSI hard disks. Note: some manufacturers may use the attributes for different purposes also. Attributes not listed here are "vendor specific" attributes (their purpose is not known).

01

Buffer over/under run counters

02_0000

Write errors corrected without substantial delay

02_0001

Write errors corrected with possible delays

02_0002

Total write errors

02_0003

Total write errors corrected

02_0004

Total write errors corrected by algorythm

02_0005

Total bytes written

02_0006

Total uncorrected write errors

03_0000

Read errors corrected by ECC hardware method

03_0001

Read errors corrected with possible delays

03_0002

Total read errors

03_0003

Total read errors corrected

03_0004

Total read errors corrected by algorythm

03_0005

Total bytes read

03_0006

Total uncorrected read errors

04_0000

Read reverse errors corrected by ECC hardware method

04_0001

Read reverse errors corrected with possible delays

04_0002

Total read reverse errors

04_0003

Total read reverse errors corrected

04_0004

Total read reverse errors corrected by algorythm

04_0005

Total bytes read reverse

04_0006

Total uncorrected read reverse errors

05_0000

Verify errors corrected without substantial delay

05_0001

Verify errors corrected with possible delays

05_0002

Total verify errors

05_0003

Total verify errors corrected

05_0004

Total verify errors corrected by algorythm

05_0005

Total bytes verified

05_0006

Total uncorrected verify errors

06_0000

Non medium errors

07

Last error event

0B

Last deferred error or asynchronous event

0D_0000

Temperature

0D_0001

Reference temperature

0E_0001

Manufacture date (year/week)

0E_0002

Accounting date

0E_0003

Specified cycle count over device lifetime

0E_0004

Accumulated start-stop cycles

0F

Application client parameter data

10

Self test results log

18

Protocol specific port log

37_0000

Blocks sent to initiator

37_0001

Blocks received from initiator

37_0002

Blocks read from cache and sent to initiator

37_0003

I/O commands with size smaller than segment size

37_0004

I/O commands with size larger than segment size

3E_0000

Power on time

3E_0008

Remaining minutes until next internal test