Or, probably better docs at

nholtz — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:12:07 +0000

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/S.M.A.R.T.

If the drive is S.M.A.R.T.

nholtz — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:08:44 +0000

If the drive is S.M.A.R.T. enabled, you can use 'smartctl' (in ubuntu package smartmontools)
to display results of tests. Documentation at
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html

what you want is probably

smartctl -H /dev/sdx

cheers

Just use smart data to get

ptaach — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:58:24 +0000

Just use smart data to get serial number of a failed/working disk and pass it to support!

Greg K wrote:Could always do

nas123 — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:11:24 +0000

Greg K wrote:

Could always do trial and error, assign each drive to a separate folder, yank a drive, and see which folder is now blank

-Greg
Hi Greg,

its not a plug and play issue... the way udev works it will assign a mount point like sdb..sdc and so on to wat ever is plugged in regardless of where it is plugged..in regards to hot plug trays. (just dont quote me on it lol, as there is more to it then tht)

so instead of it doing this i would like there to be persistance in regards to the sata trays.

thanks.

Been trying for a few days

nas123 — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:07:27 +0000

Been trying for a few days now and still meeting obstacles in the way.. so surprised why there is no way of doing this as logically it shud be a matter of assigning some sort of udev rule..

but to assign the the udev rule is not the hard bit.... it is actually determining what is the Sata Port to assin the Udev rule to....

i found this very usefull but still no Cigar...!

http://wiki.kotelett.no/wiki/index.php/Udev

Nope, I haven't solve the

teammatt3 — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:38:43 +0000

Nope, I haven't solve the problem. Someone posted a similar question on a different site, but I tried both, and I can't find the relevant information.

It seems like a pretty useful piece of information. I can't imagine why it is so hard to find it!

Could always do trial and

Greg K — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:49:23 +0000

Could always do trial and error, assign each drive to a separate folder, yank a drive, and see which folder is now blank

-Greg

Hi teammatt3, Did u manage

nas123 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:01:20 +0000

Hi teammatt3,

Did u manage to solve your issue. i want to some how identify my sata drives which are hot swapple trays, and mount them to specify folders.

this is so i can interchange harddrives and depending on which tray i place the harddirve in, it will be mounted to the folder associated with that sata tray.....

thanks guys

Any provider I've been with

Shaggy — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:31:25 +0000

Any provider I've been with has typically run a diagnostic to tell them which drive to replace. In any instance where they've had to pull one (Oddly, I've had cables go bad more often than drives), they've sent me a request to confirm the one they're going to pull, along with its /dev entry and filesystem mount point (if applicable).

I imagine most providers do similar, though it is a bit disconcerning to not get that type, or any answer when requested...

Cheers,
Shaggy.

That's some interesting

teammatt3 — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:27:09 +0000

That's some interesting info, but those numbers don't correspond to the mapping of sata port to serial number in the BIOS.

That output of lsscsi is more readable than hdparm so I'll be using that when I identify failed drives. Thanks.