System log shows error - "SMART Failure: FIRMWARE IMPENDING FAILURE DATA ERROR RATE TOO HIGH"

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Issue

  • System logs are showing following errors:
 Oct  8 03:26:10 localhost smartd[2285]: Device: /dev/bus/0 [megaraid_disk_05], SMART Failure: FIRMWARE IMPENDING FAILURE DATA ERROR RATE TOO HIGH
Oct  8 03:56:10 localhost smartd[2285]: Device: /dev/bus/0 [megaraid_disk_05], SMART Failure: FIRMWARE IMPENDING FAILURE DATA ERROR RATE TOO HIGH
Oct  8 04:26:10 localhost smartd[2285]: Device: /dev/bus/0 [megaraid_disk_05], SMART Failure: FIRMWARE IMPENDING FAILURE DATA ERROR RATE TOO HIGH
Oct  8 04:56:10 localhost smartd[2285]: Device: /dev/bus/0 [megaraid_disk_05], SMART Failure: FIRMWARE IMPENDING FAILURE DATA ERROR RATE TOO HIGH
Oct  8 05:26:10 localhost smartd[2285]: Device: /dev/bus/0 [megaraid_disk_05], SMART Failure: FIRMWARE IMPENDING FAILURE DATA ERROR RATE TOO HIGH
  • What does "FIRMWARE IMPENDING FAILURE DATA ERROR RATE TOO HIGH" message indicate?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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