Yeah, no go here. I installed Windows and still can't get the drives to show. Last ditch effort I am going to scoop an HP H220 HBA and try that way. Hopefully they'll pass through and reformatting to 512b via that will allow them to show via the P408i so I can get them into a RAID array.
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so looks like jbod only likes 4k or 512 at least for lsi as well. once formatted to 520 all the drives show up as unsupported and wont pass any info to the os. hdsentinel no longer can grab any smart info. pic attached.
my guess is once u have drives formatted to 4k or 512 they will pass through. unless u want to use a raid then no need
in your case 4kn would be your best bet if the controller supports.
my guess is once u have drives formatted to 4k or 512 they will pass through. unless u want to use a raid then no need
in your case 4kn would be your best bet if the controller supports.
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Installed the HBA, drives showed up immediately. Reformatted to 512b and we are good to go on the 408i.
Trying and failing to reformat 2 HUH728080AL5201 (HGST Ultrastar He8) to actual 512. They seem to have protection enabled so they are showing lower than normal capacity. I have multiple of this model and the rest are showing 8TB (in base 10) on the nose (more or less). 8001563222016 vs 7865536647168
I've done a few passes of sg_format, with and without the "no disk level protection/extra bits" flags, such as " sg_format -v --format --fmtpinfo=0 --pfu=0 --size=512". Tried power cycling the machine just in case, still no change.
They were in use "as is" and function fine, but it bothers me
I've done a few passes of sg_format, with and without the "no disk level protection/extra bits" flags, such as " sg_format -v --format --fmtpinfo=0 --pfu=0 --size=512". Tried power cycling the machine just in case, still no change.
They were in use "as is" and function fine, but it bothers me
@Mithril
my recollection is (1) get rid of the protection (2) I formatted to 4k blocks then I saw the correct size... I use 4K blocks. its possible that taking it back down to 512 at that point will report the correct size then again... long wait time for the experiment to complete though.
I also recall a post somewhere - so let me look.
yeah over at serverbuilds.net
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my recollection is (1) get rid of the protection (2) I formatted to 4k blocks then I saw the correct size... I use 4K blocks. its possible that taking it back down to 512 at that point will report the correct size then again... long wait time for the experiment to complete though.
I also recall a post somewhere - so let me look.
yeah over at serverbuilds.net
Fixing Sun Oracle (HGST) 8TB drives reporting 7.86TB
Preface This guide provides general guidance and is based on my Unraid setup. Specific commands for tools, time frame and final settings depend on your setup. Following this guide will require a low level format of your hard drive. You will need a 4K compatible SAS controller. Once...
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Formatting to 4k did the trick! Not sure if that would have worked as the first step or if it was a combo of steps, but regardless all drives now show 8,001,563,222,016@Mithril
my recollection is (1) get rid of the protection (2) I formatted to 4k blocks then I saw the correct size... I use 4K blocks. its possible that taking it back down to 512 at that point will report the correct size then again... long wait time for the experiment to complete though.
I also recall a post somewhere - so let me look.
yeah over at serverbuilds.net
Fixing Sun Oracle (HGST) 8TB drives reporting 7.86TB
Preface This guide provides general guidance and is based on my Unraid setup. Specific commands for tools, time frame and final settings depend on your setup. Following this guide will require a low level format of your hard drive. You will need a 4K compatible SAS controller. Once...
Any wisdom or guidance on formatting a 4kn SATA drive to 512? I have 4x HGST HUH721010ALN600 10TB SATA 4Kn drives (from GoHardDrive on ebay), and am struggling to get them formatted to 512. I've tried the WD HUGO tool, sg utils, hdparm, and none have been successful, all failing.
I need these formatted to 512 to pass them through as RDM disks on one of my ESXi hosts, and long term, I want to get more of these if I can find a successful formatting method so that I can extend my TrueNAS backup pool that has 512 formatted shucked Easystores, and not have mixed formats if I can help it. Otherwise, I'll need to source some different drives.
I need these formatted to 512 to pass them through as RDM disks on one of my ESXi hosts, and long term, I want to get more of these if I can find a successful formatting method so that I can extend my TrueNAS backup pool that has 512 formatted shucked Easystores, and not have mixed formats if I can help it. Otherwise, I'll need to source some different drives.
@eptesicus some additional information may be useful while trying to help you. can you provide full smartctl -a output and a full pic of a label for an example drive that is giving you difficulties?
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also the specific commands you have tried and the corresponding error output
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also the specific commands you have tried and the corresponding error output
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One thing that may kinda work is putting one of the drives in the easystore enclosure and using the wd utility to format for 'xp compatibility' and then back. This supposedly activates/deactivates the 4k/512k of the drive installed, but I'm not sure if it will behave this way outside of the enclosure, also it may not even work with the drive as an HGST didn't work, whereas a WD black did (only used in the enclosure though).
smartctl -a /dev/sdr:
Code:
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.10.131+truenas] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: HGST Ultrastar He10
Device Model: HGST HUH721010ALN600
Serial Number: 7PH2RTBC
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 251cf55c8
Firmware Version: LHGNT21D
User Capacity: 10,000,831,348,736 bytes [10.0 TB]
Sector Size: 4096 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
Form Factor: 3.5 inches
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ACS-2, ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is: SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Mon Sep 12 10:15:01 2022 CDT
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: ( 93) 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: (1115) 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 100 100 016 Pre-fail Always - 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 134 134 054 Pre-fail Offline - 96
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 154 154 024 Pre-fail Always - 440 (Average 416)
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 10
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 128 128 020 Pre-fail Offline - 18
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 43801
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 10
22 Helium_Level 0x0023 100 100 025 Pre-fail Always - 100
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1783
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1783
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 176 176 000 Old_age Always - 34 (Min/Max 19/40)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 43787 -
# 2 Extended offline Aborted by host 10% 19390 -
# 3 Extended offline Aborted by host 10% 19376 -
# 4 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19329 -
# 5 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19286 -
# 6 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19237 -
# 7 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19190 -
# 8 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19141 -
# 9 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19090 -
#10 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19045 -
#11 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18999 -
#12 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18948 -
#13 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18920 -
#14 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18893 -
#15 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18632 -
#16 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18588 -
#17 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18539 -
#18 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18505 -
#19 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18442 -
#20 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18398 -
#21 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18353 -
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.hdparm -I /dev/sdr:
Code:
/dev/sdr:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: HGST HUH721010ALN600
Serial Number: 7PH2RTBC
Firmware Revision: LHGNT21D
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0; Revision: ATA8-AST T13 Project D1697 Revision 0b
Standards:
Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0029)
Supported: 9 8 7 6 5
Likely used: 9
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 2441609216
Logical Sector size: 4096 bytes
Physical Sector size: 4096 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 9537536 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 10000831 MBytes (10000 GB)
cache/buffer size = unknown
Form Factor: 3.5 inch
Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 7200
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Queue depth: 32
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 2 Current = 0
Advanced power management level: disabled
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* SMART feature set
Security Mode feature set
* Power Management feature set
* Write cache
* Look-ahead
* Host Protected Area feature set
* WRITE_BUFFER command
* READ_BUFFER command
* NOP cmd
* DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
Advanced Power Management feature set
Power-Up In Standby feature set
* SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up
SET_MAX security extension
* 48-bit Address feature set
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
* SMART error logging
* SMART self-test
* Media Card Pass-Through
* General Purpose Logging feature set
* WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
* 64-bit World wide name
* URG for READ_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT
* URG for WRITE_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT
* WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
* {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
* Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
unknown 119[6]
unknown 119[7]
* Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
* Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
* Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
* Host-initiated interface power management
* Phy event counters
* NCQ priority information
* READ_LOG_DMA_EXT equivalent to READ_LOG_EXT
Non-Zero buffer offsets in DMA Setup FIS
* DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
Device-initiated interface power management
In-order data delivery
* Software settings preservation
unknown 78[7]
unknown 78[10]
unknown 78[11]
* SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
* SCT Write Same (AC2)
* SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
* SCT Features Control (AC4)
* SCT Data Tables (AC5)
* SANITIZE feature set
* CRYPTO_SCRAMBLE_EXT command
* OVERWRITE_EXT command
* Extended number of user addressable sectors
* Device encrypts all user data
* WRITE BUFFER DMA command
* READ BUFFER DMA command
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
not enabled
not locked
not frozen
not expired: security count
not supported: enhanced erase
968min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 5000cca251cf55c8
NAA : 5
IEEE OUI : 000cca
Unique ID : 251cf55c8
Checksum: correcthdparm --set-sector-size 512 --please-destroy-my-drive /dev/sdr:
Code:
/dev/sdr:
READ_LOG_EXT(SECTOR_CONFIGURATION) failed: No such file or directorysg_readcap -l /dev/sdr:
Code:
Read Capacity results:
Protection: prot_en=0, p_type=0, p_i_exponent=0
Logical block provisioning: lbpme=0, lbprz=0
Last LBA=2441609215 (0x9187ffff), Number of logical blocks=2441609216
Logical block length=4096 bytes
Logical blocks per physical block exponent=0
Lowest aligned LBA=0
Hence:
Device size: 10000831348736 bytes, 9537536.0 MiB, 10000.83 GB, 10.00 TBsg_format --format --size=512 /dev/sdr:
Code:
ATA HGST HUH721010AL T21D peripheral_type: disk [0x0]
Unit serial number: 7PH2RTBC
LU name: 5000cca251cf55c8
Mode Sense (block descriptor) data, prior to changes:
Number of blocks=0 [0x0]
Block size=4096 [0x1000]
Try MODE SELECT again with SP=0 this time
A FORMAT UNIT will commence in 15 seconds
ALL data on /dev/sdr will be DESTROYED
Press control-C to abort
A FORMAT UNIT will commence in 10 seconds
ALL data on /dev/sdr will be DESTROYED
Press control-C to abort
A FORMAT UNIT will commence in 5 seconds
ALL data on /dev/sdr will be DESTROYED
Press control-C to abort
Format unit command: Illegal request
FORMAT UNIT failed
try '-v' for more information
sg_format failed: Illegal requestHUGO on Windows:
Code:
C:\Program Files\WDC\HUGO\bin>[B]hugo s[/B]
Manuf. Model Serial Interface Capacity Type Firmware
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1) HGST HUH721010ALN600 7PH2GANC SATA 10000 GB HDD LHGNT38L
C:\Program Files\WDC\HUGO\bin>[B]hugo s --device[/B]
Manuf. Model Serial Interface Capacity Type Firmware
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1) HGST HUH721010ALN600 7PH2GANC SATA 10000 GB HDD LHGNT38L
Device handles: \\.\PhysicalDrive1
C:\Program Files\WDC\HUGO\bin>[B]hugo format -g \\.\PhysicalDrive1 -b 512 --fastformat[/B]
******************************** WARNING **********************************
The Format command will result in loss of data on the specified device.
This device might be your boot device and it won't be protected.
******************************** WARNING **********************************
Are you sure you want to Format this device? (Y/N) y
Format device on 1 Device(s)...
Failed: Format command Failed on device 7PH2GANC.
Device will not be formatted.
I connected the disk to the board in the Easystore enclosure, but the system wouldn't see the drives for me.
@eptesicus
I had to read up as my memory has been failing of late and I wanted to get a source link for your drive part #
Its 4kn without 512e support. part # 0f27607 (source)
4k n as in native. that can't be changed. 512e e as in emulation. fakes out the host os to think the drive has 512 byte blocks.
you can't low level format it down to physical 512 byte blocks.
Even if it supported 512e you still would not be able to force a low level format to 512 and I don't think the firmware would fake those commands back to the OS.
edit Sorry posted before I was ready.
I had to read up as my memory has been failing of late and I wanted to get a source link for your drive part #
Its 4kn without 512e support. part # 0f27607 (source)
4k n as in native. that can't be changed. 512e e as in emulation. fakes out the host os to think the drive has 512 byte blocks.
you can't low level format it down to physical 512 byte blocks.
Even if it supported 512e you still would not be able to force a low level format to 512 and I don't think the firmware would fake those commands back to the OS.
Thanks for the findings and information. That's certainly disheartening. The price and warranty for these refurbished was hard to pass up, but I can understand now why they're priced how they are. I'll have to figure something else out.
FWIW have you looked at the use case of your data and whether using 4k blocks would be that bad? (nb: I'm biased as I use 4k blocks on all my big disks). Are you in a position to reblock your 512 byte sector disks (and do they support it)?
I'm no expert here on the finer mechanics of tuning up the filesystem however the truenas forums have some guidance:
Replacing 4Kn disks
I have an array of 6*12TB Seagate Exos drivers in 3* Mirrored vdevs. Before building the array I specifically formatted the drives using seagate tools to 4Kn I have bought as spares some 12TB Toshiba N300 drives in case I lose one of the Seagates. These are default formatted, presumably 512e...
www.truenas.com
Ashift=12 and 4Kn
I have been doing a lot of reading in an attempt to understand 4Kn, 512e and ashift=12 I have a bunch of disks (Seagate Exos 12TB) that are 512/4096 logical / physical. They are in an existing pool with ashift=12 smartctl -i /dev/ada4 shows up as Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes...
www.truenas.com
Disk Format (4K/512) & Cold Spare Disks
I think I have made a mistake and have only just realised. I think to fix it will involve rebuilding my main 4 * Mirrored 12TB disk pool. Annoying, but not a disaster. What's rather more annoying is that I have just done exactly this (rebuilt the pool), following my recent cockup The pool is...
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parted magic and use the security removal? using the qr code with a scanner or type it outsmartctl -a /dev/sdr:
Code:smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.10.131+truenas] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: HGST Ultrastar He10 Device Model: HGST HUH721010ALN600 Serial Number: 7PH2RTBC LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 251cf55c8 Firmware Version: LHGNT21D User Capacity: 10,000,831,348,736 bytes [10.0 TB] Sector Size: 4096 bytes logical/physical Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm Form Factor: 3.5 inches Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ACS-2, ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4 SATA Version is: SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Mon Sep 12 10:15:01 2022 CDT 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: ( 93) 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: (1115) 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 100 100 016 Pre-fail Always - 0 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 134 134 054 Pre-fail Offline - 96 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 154 154 024 Pre-fail Always - 440 (Average 416) 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 10 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 128 128 020 Pre-fail Offline - 18 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 43801 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 10 22 Helium_Level 0x0023 100 100 025 Pre-fail Always - 100 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1783 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1783 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 176 176 000 Old_age Always - 34 (Min/Max 19/40) 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 43787 - # 2 Extended offline Aborted by host 10% 19390 - # 3 Extended offline Aborted by host 10% 19376 - # 4 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19329 - # 5 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19286 - # 6 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19237 - # 7 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19190 - # 8 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19141 - # 9 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19090 - #10 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19045 - #11 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18999 - #12 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18948 - #13 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18920 - #14 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18893 - #15 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18632 - #16 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18588 - #17 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18539 - #18 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18505 - #19 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18442 - #20 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18398 - #21 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18353 - 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.
hdparm -I /dev/sdr:
Code:/dev/sdr: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: HGST HUH721010ALN600 Serial Number: 7PH2RTBC Firmware Revision: LHGNT21D Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0; Revision: ATA8-AST T13 Project D1697 Revision 0b Standards: Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0029) Supported: 9 8 7 6 5 Likely used: 9 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 2441609216 Logical Sector size: 4096 bytes Physical Sector size: 4096 bytes device size with M = 1024*1024: 9537536 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 10000831 MBytes (10000 GB) cache/buffer size = unknown Form Factor: 3.5 inch Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 7200 Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Queue depth: 32 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 2 Current = 0 Advanced power management level: disabled DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * SMART feature set Security Mode feature set * Power Management feature set * Write cache * Look-ahead * Host Protected Area feature set * WRITE_BUFFER command * READ_BUFFER command * NOP cmd * DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE Advanced Power Management feature set Power-Up In Standby feature set * SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up SET_MAX security extension * 48-bit Address feature set * Device Configuration Overlay feature set * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE * FLUSH_CACHE_EXT * SMART error logging * SMART self-test * Media Card Pass-Through * General Purpose Logging feature set * WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT * 64-bit World wide name * URG for READ_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT * URG for WRITE_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT * WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command * {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands * Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE unknown 119[6] unknown 119[7] * Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s) * Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s) * Native Command Queueing (NCQ) * Host-initiated interface power management * Phy event counters * NCQ priority information * READ_LOG_DMA_EXT equivalent to READ_LOG_EXT Non-Zero buffer offsets in DMA Setup FIS * DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization Device-initiated interface power management In-order data delivery * Software settings preservation unknown 78[7] unknown 78[10] unknown 78[11] * SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set * SCT Write Same (AC2) * SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3) * SCT Features Control (AC4) * SCT Data Tables (AC5) * SANITIZE feature set * CRYPTO_SCRAMBLE_EXT command * OVERWRITE_EXT command * Extended number of user addressable sectors * Device encrypts all user data * WRITE BUFFER DMA command * READ BUFFER DMA command Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked not frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase 968min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 5000cca251cf55c8 NAA : 5 IEEE OUI : 000cca Unique ID : 251cf55c8 Checksum: correct
hdparm --set-sector-size 512 --please-destroy-my-drive /dev/sdr:
Code:/dev/sdr: READ_LOG_EXT(SECTOR_CONFIGURATION) failed: No such file or directory
sg_readcap -l /dev/sdr:
Code:Read Capacity results: Protection: prot_en=0, p_type=0, p_i_exponent=0 Logical block provisioning: lbpme=0, lbprz=0 Last LBA=2441609215 (0x9187ffff), Number of logical blocks=2441609216 Logical block length=4096 bytes Logical blocks per physical block exponent=0 Lowest aligned LBA=0 Hence: Device size: 10000831348736 bytes, 9537536.0 MiB, 10000.83 GB, 10.00 TB
sg_format --format --size=512 /dev/sdr:
Code:ATA HGST HUH721010AL T21D peripheral_type: disk [0x0] Unit serial number: 7PH2RTBC LU name: 5000cca251cf55c8 Mode Sense (block descriptor) data, prior to changes: Number of blocks=0 [0x0] Block size=4096 [0x1000] Try MODE SELECT again with SP=0 this time A FORMAT UNIT will commence in 15 seconds ALL data on /dev/sdr will be DESTROYED Press control-C to abort A FORMAT UNIT will commence in 10 seconds ALL data on /dev/sdr will be DESTROYED Press control-C to abort A FORMAT UNIT will commence in 5 seconds ALL data on /dev/sdr will be DESTROYED Press control-C to abort Format unit command: Illegal request FORMAT UNIT failed try '-v' for more information sg_format failed: Illegal request
HUGO on Windows:
Code:C:\Program Files\WDC\HUGO\bin>[B]hugo s[/B] Manuf. Model Serial Interface Capacity Type Firmware ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) HGST HUH721010ALN600 7PH2GANC SATA 10000 GB HDD LHGNT38L C:\Program Files\WDC\HUGO\bin>[B]hugo s --device[/B] Manuf. Model Serial Interface Capacity Type Firmware ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) HGST HUH721010ALN600 7PH2GANC SATA 10000 GB HDD LHGNT38L Device handles: \\.\PhysicalDrive1 C:\Program Files\WDC\HUGO\bin>[B]hugo format -g \\.\PhysicalDrive1 -b 512 --fastformat[/B] ******************************** WARNING ********************************** The Format command will result in loss of data on the specified device. This device might be your boot device and it won't be protected. ******************************** WARNING ********************************** Are you sure you want to Format this device? (Y/N) y Format device on 1 Device(s)... Failed: Format command Failed on device 7PH2GANC. Device will not be formatted.
Negative for drives of that "vintage".
SATA drives conform to the ATA specs, and, unlike SAS drives (SCSI spec), there is no flexibility on format, after manufacture. (The FORMAT TRACK and FORMAT UNIT commands can only duplicate/repeat the format from the factory [512, 512e, 4kn].) However, a couple of new commands were added to ATA, (circa 2016?), to "convert" a 4kn drive (with LBA size=4096) to LBA size=512, and a 512e drive (with 512 LBAs) to 4096 LBAs. I don't know whether this functionality is required, or optional, but it looks like WDC introduced it in HC530 14TB (and some lower capacity drives [e.g., HC310] of that era), and Seagate in the Exos14 series.
Fast-Format is the operative buzzword. I believe this "switch" is accessed via hdparm's --set-sector-size, Hugo's --fastformat, and some tool from Seagate. I don't believe any actual formatting is performed (though all data is lost)--it's probably just a runtime parameter in the firmware.
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did you notice the type 1 protection info message (after you added -v) ??
if you perform a smartctl -a /dev/sdb my guess is you are going to see two things, (1) this drive probably has type 1 protection (2) the drive probably has 520b blocks. I like to pretty explicit with my formats including size and removing protection - its good that you added --six - a lot folks don't. The beginning of this thread has helpful information too.
post your smartctl output and let's take a look shall we?
