Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000

From Leo's Notes
Last edited on 3 April 2021, at 17:20.

I bought a few Hitachi Ultrastar 3TB hard disks off Ebay. All are still running without issue as of June 2020 from the date of purchase documented below. They run somewhat hotter than the other 3TB Seagates but are definitely very reliable.


Refurbished 3TB HGST Ultrastar Model HUS724030ALE641

2018

I bought another couple of these 3TB HGST Ultrastar from Newegg for $120 + $12 shipping, minus a discount of $15 which works out to approximately $58.5 per drive again on June 2018.

Like last year, the drives arrived in good shape, though this time wrapped in bubble wrap instead of being in a fancy hard drive bubble sleeve. The two drive's SMART output can be found at:

Both had about 23,000 hours and about 20 start/stop counts.

2017

I bought a refurbished 3TB HGST Ultrastar hard drive from Newegg for $80 CAD plus $5 shipping. I intend to use this drive for backing up data, so it will typically be sitting offline on a shelf. The next cheapest drive from MemoryExpress at the time of writing is a 3TB BarraCuda for $125 at the moment which makes this refurbished drive a decent deal.

The disk arrived in good shape. I ran badblocks on this disk with no issues found. The drive didn't click or make any odd noises and did not run excessively hot as noted by some reviewers on Newegg. The drive came completely wiped as everything was zeroed out (ie. no sensitive data on them).

Here's the smartctl output when I first powered it on. As expected, these refurbished drives have a lot of hours racked up but has few power cycles as it was probably used in a storage pool of some sort.

~# smartctl -a /dev/sdb
smartctl 6.5 2016-05-07 r4318 [x86_64-linux-4.10.17-200.fc25.x86_64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Hitachi/HGST Ultrastar 7K4000
Device Model:     Hitachi HUS724030ALE641
Serial Number:    P8GH7GVR
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 22cc6eda4
Firmware Version: MJ8OA5F0
User Capacity:    3,000,592,982,016 bytes [3.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Form Factor:      3.5 inches
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Thu Jun  1 18:38:04 2017 MDT
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:                (   24) 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:        (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:        (   1) 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   135   135   054    Pre-fail  Offline      -       84
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0007   175   175   024    Pre-fail  Always       -       436 (Average 278)
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       27
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   005    Pre-fail  Always       -       9
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000b   100   100   067    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  8 Seek_Time_Performance   0x0005   117   117   020    Pre-fail  Offline      -       36
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   096   096   000    Old_age   Always       -       28390
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   060    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       27
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       120
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       121
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0002   222   222   000    Old_age   Always       -       27 (Min/Max 22/43)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       11
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
ATA Error Count: 12 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
        CR = Command Register [HEX]
        FR = Features Register [HEX]
        SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
        SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
        CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
        CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
        DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
        DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
        ER = Error register [HEX]
        ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 12 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26943 hours (1122 days + 15 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 51 01 27 05 2e 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x002e0527 = 3015975

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  42 00 01 27 05 2e 40 00      00:01:38.965  READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) EXT
  ec 00 01 00 00 00 00 00      00:01:38.964  IDENTIFY DEVICE
  ec 00 01 00 00 00 00 00      00:01:38.962  IDENTIFY DEVICE
  ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00      00:01:38.889  SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature]
  27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00      00:01:38.889  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]

Error 11 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26943 hours (1122 days + 15 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 51 01 26 05 2e 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x002e0526 = 3015974

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  42 00 01 26 05 2e 40 00      00:01:35.662  READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) EXT
  ec 00 01 00 00 00 00 00      00:01:35.660  IDENTIFY DEVICE
  ec 00 01 00 00 00 00 00      00:01:35.659  IDENTIFY DEVICE
  ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00      00:01:35.577  SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature]
  27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00      00:01:35.577  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]

Error 10 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26943 hours (1122 days + 15 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 51 01 25 05 2e 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x002e0525 = 3015973

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  42 00 01 25 05 2e 40 00      00:01:32.257  READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) EXT
  ec 00 01 00 00 00 00 00      00:01:32.256  IDENTIFY DEVICE
  ec 00 01 00 00 00 00 00      00:01:32.254  IDENTIFY DEVICE
  ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00      00:01:32.182  SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature]
  27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00      00:01:32.182  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]

Error 9 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26943 hours (1122 days + 15 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 51 01 24 05 2e 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x002e0524 = 3015972

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  42 00 01 24 05 2e 40 00      00:01:28.952  READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) EXT
  ec 00 01 00 00 00 00 00      00:01:28.951  IDENTIFY DEVICE
  ec 00 01 00 00 00 00 00      00:01:28.949  IDENTIFY DEVICE
  ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00      00:01:28.879  SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature]
  27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00      00:01:28.879  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]

Error 8 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26943 hours (1122 days + 15 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 51 01 23 05 2e 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x002e0523 = 3015971

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  42 00 01 23 05 2e 40 00      00:01:25.561  READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) EXT
  ec 00 01 00 00 00 00 00      00:01:25.560  IDENTIFY DEVICE
  ec 00 01 00 00 00 00 00      00:01:25.558  IDENTIFY DEVICE
  ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00      00:01:25.484  SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature]
  27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00      00:01:25.484  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Vendor (0xb0)       Completed without error       00%     28182         -
# 2  Vendor (0x71)       Completed without error       00%     28182         -

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 same smartctl output after 2 years of use: https://paste.steamr.com/view/986752a0