smartctl should output RAW_VALUE as Temperature_Celcius
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Bug Description
Using Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel 4.4.0-57-generic wrong temperatures also make it into syslog:
Jan 2 20:22:27 server smartd[876]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 110 to 112
Jan 2 20:22:27 server smartd[876]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 111 to 113
Not only is that wrong, it also tells admins that there was need to take action. Eventually, it makes it into some monitoring tool, which thereby abstracts the RAW_VALUE even further.
Note that in reality my drives have <40°C, just by reading SMART's RAW_VALUE (and touching the drive with my finger).
Also note that the device model is "In smartctl database", according to smartctl's output. That said, I'd expect smartctl to somehow "know" all variables of my drive, including their meaning.
smartctl 6.5 2016-01-24 r4214 [x86_64-
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontoo
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Western Digital AV-GP (AF)
Device Model: WDC WD30EURS-63SPKY0
[...]
Firmware Version: 80.00A80
User Capacity: 3.000.592.982.016 bytes [3,00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 3.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Mon Jan 2 23:27:25 2017 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
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 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 177 176 021 Pre-fail Always - 6133
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 98
5 Reallocated_
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 072 072 000 Old_age Always - 20909
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
11 Calibration_
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 98
192 Power-Off_
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 42
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 112 101 000 Old_age Always - 38
196 Reallocated_
197 Current_
198 Offline_
199 UDMA_CRC_
200 Multi_Zone_
smartctl -P show /dev/sda
smartctl 6.5 2016-01-24 r4214 [x86_64-
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontoo
Drive found in smartmontools Database. Drive identity strings:
MODEL: WDC WD30EURS-63SPKY0
FIRMWARE: 80.00A80
match smartmontools Drive Database entry:
MODEL REGEXP: WDC WD(5000AUDX|
FIRMWARE REGEXP: .*
MODEL FAMILY: Western Digital AV-GP (AF)
ATTRIBUTE OPTIONS: None preset; no -v options are required.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: smartmontools 6.4+svn4214-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 2 23:51:57 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-21 (1229 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130423.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=screen.
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: smartmontools
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-10-24 (69 days ago)
mtime.conffile.
summary: |
- smartctl shout output RAW_VALUE as Temperature_Celcius + smartctl should output RAW_VALUE as Temperature_Celcius |
See: /www.smartmonto ols.org/ wiki/FAQ# Whyismydisktemp eraturesreporte dbysmartdas150C elsius
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I agree that it is misleading as the default and probably should report the raw value as you suggest.