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#!/bin/bash # # Copyright (C) 2012 Canonical # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 # of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. # get_load_cycle() {	smartctl -A /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count | awk '{print $10}' } get_time_secs() {	date "+%s" } if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]; then	echo "Need to run as root e.g. use sudo"	exit 1 fi hdparm -B 127 /dev/sda TEST_FILE=test MAX_TIMEOUT=60 MAX_ITERATIONS=10 dirty_disk() {	rm -f ${TEST_FILE}	touch ${TEST_FILE}	truncate -s 4K ${TEST_FILE} } drop_caches() {	sync	(echo 1 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches) > /dev/null	(echo 2 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches) > /dev/null	(echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches) > /dev/null } find_load_cycle_threshold() {	lc1=0	lc2=0	count=0	TIMEOUT=1	echo Attempting to find Spin Down timeout for this HDD	while [ $lc1 -eq $lc2 -a $TIMEOUT -lt $MAX_TIMEOUT ]	do	lc1=$(get_load_cycle)	count=$((count + 1))	dirty_disk	drop_caches	sleep $TIMEOUT	lc2=$(get_load_cycle)	n=$((lc2 - lc1))	echo Checking with timeout: $TIMEOUT seconds, Load Cycles: $n	if [ $TIMEOUT -lt 15 ]; then	TIMEOUT=$((TIMEOUT + 1))	else	TIMEOUT=$((TIMEOUT + $TIMEOUT/5))	fi	done } exercise_load_cycle() {	echo "Attempting to exercise load cycle on HDD"	i=0	t1=$(get_time_secs)	n1=$(get_load_cycle)	# bump timeout by 1 second just to make sure	# we can always catch the load cycle window	TIMEOUT=$((TIMEOUT + 1))	while [ $i -lt $MAX_ITERATIONS ]	do	i=$((i + 1))	echo "Load Cycle $i of $MAX_ITERATIONS"	dirty_disk	drop_caches	sleep $TIMEOUT	done	i=0	t2=$(get_time_secs)	n2=$(get_load_cycle)	t=$((t2 - t1))	n=$((n2 - n1))	echo "Managed to force $n Load Cycles in $t seconds."	life=$((1000000 * $t / $n))	days=$((life / (3600 * 24)))	echo "At this rate, the HDD will fail after $days days." } find_load_cycle_threshold if [ $TIMEOUT -lt $MAX_TIMEOUT ]; then	echo "HDD seems to be spinning down aggressively."	exercise_load_cycle exit 1 else	echo "Gave up looking for Load Cycle timeout threshold, HDD looks sane." exit 0 fi