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I see some strange output from smartctl. What does it mean?

April 26, 2017mean output smartctl Strange

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I see some strange output from smartctl. What does it mean?

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The raw SMART attributes (temperature, power-on lifetime, and so on) are stored in vendor-specific structures. Sometime these are strange. Hitachi disks (at least some of them) store power-on lifetime in minutes, rather than hours (see next question below). IBM disks (at least some of them) have three temperatures stored in the raw structure, not just one. And so on. If you find strange output, or unknown attributes, please send an email to extLink: smartmontools-support and we’ll help you try and figure it out.