I have a 4TB HDD that I use to store music, films, images, and text files. I have a 250GB SDD that I use to install my OS and video games. So far I didn’t have any problem with this setup, obviously it’s a bit slower when it reads the HDD but nothing too serious, but lately it’s gotten way worse, where it just lags too much when I try to access files on that disk, and specially when it comes to listening to music, it’s super annoying. I’m using Elisa music player and it just takes ages to load the albums.
Below is my system and HDD information. I think I’m supposed to use hardlinks or something to access those files, could that be a reason? I’ve never even fully filled my HDD and it’s only 3 years old.
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Hardware Information:
- Hardware Model: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. PRIME A320M-K
- Memory: 16.0 GiB
- Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600G with Radeon™ Graphics × 12
- Graphics: AMD Radeon™ Graphics
- Disk Capacity: 4.2 TB
Software Information:
- Firmware Version: 6042
- OS Name: Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition)
- OS Build: (null)
- OS Type: 64-bit
- GNOME Version: 45.5
- Windowing System: Wayland
- Kernel Version: Linux 6.7.11-200.fc39.x86_64
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I would check the kernel messages (sudo dmesg) and check for errors on the ata bus. If there are it’s most likely the disk that is failling
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It’s extremely long so I just copied a bit, but I see some errors regarding the ata bus I think.
[52308.201967] I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1028431352 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 32 prio class 2
[52308.201989] ata2: EH complete
[52308.289440] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x2 SErr 0x30802 action 0xe frozen
[52308.289447] ata2.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
[52308.289449] ata2: SError: { RecovComm HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt }
[52308.289452] ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[52308.289454] ata2.00: cmd 60/e0:08:38:86:95/00:00:04:00:00/40 tag 1 ncq dma 114688 in
res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
[52308.289459] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
[52308.289462] ata2: hard resetting link
[52311.606437] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[52311.663188] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[52311.663205] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#1 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=3s
[52311.663209] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#1 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[52311.663211] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#1 Add. Sense: Unaligned write command
[52311.663214] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#1 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 04 95 86 38 00 00 00 e0 00 00
[52311.663216] I/O error, dev sdb, sector 76908088 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 28 prio class 2
[52311.663235] ata2: EH complete
[52311.917439] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x100000 SErr 0x30802 action 0xe frozen
[52311.917447] ata2.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
[52311.917449] ata2: SError: { RecovComm HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt }
[52311.917452] ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[52311.917454] ata2.00: cmd 60/20:a0:40:5a:87/00:00:cd:01:00/40 tag 20 ncq dma 16384 in
res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
[52311.917460] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
[52311.917463] ata2: hard resetting link
[52315.238437] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[52315.283121] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[52315.283137] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#20 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=3s
[52315.283141] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#20 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[52315.283143] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#20 Add. Sense: Unaligned write command
[52315.283145] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#20 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 01 cd 87 5a 40 00 00 00 20 00 00
[52315.283147] I/O error, dev sdb, sector 7743167040 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 4 prio class 2
[52315.283162] ata2: EH complete
[52316.242431] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x10 SErr 0x30802 action 0xe frozen
[52316.242437] ata2.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
[52316.242439] ata2: SError: { RecovComm HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt }
[52316.242443] ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[52316.242444] ata2.00: cmd 60/08:20:70:7c:7c/00:00:41:00:00/40 tag 4 ncq dma 4096 in
res 40/00:ff:ff:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
[52316.242450] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
[52316.242453] ata2: hard resetting link
[52319.558438] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[52319.619535] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[52319.619551] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#4 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=3s
[52319.619554] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#4 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[52319.619557] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#4 Add. Sense: Unaligned write command
[52319.619560] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#4 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 41 7c 7c 70 00 00 00 08 00 00
[52319.619562] I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1098677360 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[52319.619581] ata2: EH complete
[52320.916451] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x8 SErr 0x30802 action 0xe frozen
[52320.916456] ata2.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
[52320.916459] ata2: SError: { RecovComm HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt }
[52320.916462] ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[52320.916463] ata2.00: cmd 60/20:18:78:6d:f0/00:00:3c:00:00/40 tag 3 ncq dma 16384 in
res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
[52320.916469] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
[52320.916472] ata2: hard resetting link
[52324.238433] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[52324.280862] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[52324.280878] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#3 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=3s
[52324.280883] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#3 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[52324.280886] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#3 Add. Sense: Unaligned write command
[52324.280889] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#3 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 3c f0 6d 78 00 00 00 20 00 00
[52324.280891] I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1022389624 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 4 prio class 2
[52324.280915] ata2: EH complete
[52324.315439] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x100000 SErr 0x30802 action 0xe frozen
[52324.315445] ata2.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
[52324.315446] ata2: SError: { RecovComm HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt }
[52324.315449] ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[52324.315451] ata2.00: cmd 60/08:a0:80:6d:f0/00:00:3c:00:00/40 tag 20 ncq dma 4096 in
res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
[52324.315457] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
[52324.315460] ata2: hard resetting link
[52327.606435] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[52327.667122] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[52327.667141] ata2: EH complete
[52328.442437] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x80000 SErr 0x30802 action 0xe frozen
[52328.442443] ata2.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
[52328.442444] ata2: SError: { RecovComm HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt }
[52328.442447] ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[52328.442448] ata2.00: cmd 60/00:98:90:6e:59/01:00:3d:00:00/40 tag 19 ncq dma 131072 in
res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
[52328.442453] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
[52328.442456] ata2: hard resetting link
[52331.758435] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[52331.778679] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[52331.778697] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#19 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=3s
[52331.778701] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#19 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[52331.778704] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#19 Add. Sense: Unaligned write command
[52331.778707] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#19 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 3d 59 6e 90 00 00 01 00 00 00
[52331.778709] I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1029271184 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 32 prio class 2
[52331.778733] ata2: EH complete
[52332.186438] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x2 SErr 0x30802 action 0xe frozen
[52332.186445] ata2.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
[52332.186447] ata2: SError: { RecovComm HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt }
[52332.186450] ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[52332.186452] ata2.00: cmd 60/90:08:a0:91:1b/00:00:3a:00:00/40 tag 1 ncq dma 73728 in
res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
[52332.186457] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
[52332.186461] ata2: hard resetting link
[52335.502433] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[52335.565114] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[52335.565131] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#1 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=3s
[52335.565135] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#1 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[52335.565138] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#1 Add. Sense: Unaligned write command
[52335.565140] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#1 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 3a 1b 91 a0 00 00 00 90 00 00
[52335.565142] I/O error, dev sdb, sector 974885280 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 18 prio class 2
[52335.565162] ata2: EH complete
[52335.733444] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x20 SErr 0x30802 action 0xe frozen
[52335.733450] ata2.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
[52335.733453] ata2: SError: { RecovComm HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt }
[52335.733457] ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[52335.733458] ata2.00: cmd 60/08:28:a0:91:1b/00:00:3a:00:00/40 tag 5 ncq dma 4096 in
res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
[52335.733462] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
[52335.733465] ata2: hard resetting link
[52339.054437] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[52339.092930] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[52339.092948] ata2: EH complete
[52339.311447] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x40 SErr 0x30802 action 0xe frozen
[52339.311455] ata2.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
[52339.311457] ata2: SError: { RecovComm HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt }
[52339.311461] ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[52339.311462] ata2.00: cmd 60/00:30:00:fa:06/01:00:0b:00:00/40 tag 6 ncq dma 131072 in
res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
[52339.311469] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
[52339.311472] ata2: hard resetting link
[52342.630429] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[52342.636897] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[52342.636913] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#6 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=3s
[52342.636917] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#6 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[52342.636919] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#6 Add. Sense: Unaligned write command
[52342.636922] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#6 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 0b 06 fa 00 00 00 01 00 00 00
[52342.636924] I/O error, dev sdb, sector 185006592 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 32 prio class 2
[52342.636947] ata2: EH complete
[52342.831443] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x2000 SErr 0x30802 action 0xe frozen
[52342.831450] ata2.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
[52342.831453] ata2: SError: { RecovComm HostInt PHYRdyChg PHYInt }
[52342.831458] ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[52342.831461] ata2.00: cmd 60/00:68:68:a5:1b/01:00:39:00:00/40 tag 13 ncq dma 131072 in
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According to another post sdb is your 4tb drive. This log shows errors reading from sdb.
The sectors it’s failing to read from aren’t consistent so it’s possible it’s a bad cable. Replace the data cable and see if you have the same behavior.
Be prepared to replace the drive.
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Hey, I replaced the cable and everything seems to be working fine, thank you!
7 points
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Get a new one, maybe a 4TB SATA SSD (if you have the space, SATA is just better than NVME imho, way cheaper and less heat) and DO A BACKUP.
“Spinning things” will break way easier than nonmoving parts.
These might very well be signs of failure.
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“Spinning things” will break way essier than nonmoving parts.
Just because there are no moving parts doesn’t mean there is no wear. SSDs have max program/ erase cycles that causes them to fail over time. They do tend to be more reliable than HDDs but it’s not as dramatic as you might think. And would likely vary on the quality of the drive more than anything.
Some info: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-reliable-are-ssds/
4 points
What results do you get from hdparm’s speed tests?
What filesystem is on the disk?
5 points
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Check its SMART: smartctl -a /dev/sdb.
2 points
It’s a bit long but here it is.
smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.7.11-200.fc39.x86_64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Toshiba X300
Device Model: TOSHIBA HDWE140
Serial Number: 41IUK67JFBRG
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 abc58066c
Firmware Version: FP1R
User Capacity: 4,000,787,030,016 bytes [4.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
Form Factor: 3.5 inches
Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5528
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 1.5 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Sat Apr 13 17:09:03 2024 -03
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: (0x80) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
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: ( 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: ( 481) 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 - 464
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 11263
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
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 073 073 000 Old_age Always - 11051
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 253 100 030 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 11259
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 8
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 083 083 000 Old_age Always - 8637
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 11332
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 38 (Min/Max 16/59)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
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 200 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
220 Disk_Shift 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
222 Loaded_Hours 0x0032 073 073 000 Old_age Always - 11003
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 - 545
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.
The above only provides legacy SMART information - try 'smartctl -x' for more
2 points
Everything seems ok. It is unlikely that the disk itself is dying. Maybe the problem is a bad cable or bus controller. Or something is wrong with the filesystem.
2 points
2 points
Monitor I/O on the drive; is anything using it while your system is idle?
What’s I/O like when loading an album?
