Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:47:30 +0400 From: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> To: Don O'Neil <lists@lizardhill.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stress testing/burning in HDD's Message-ID: <20070928204728.GC13096@amilo.cenkes.org> In-Reply-To: <009101c80080$1f1e6a40$0a00020a@mickey> References: <009101c80080$1f1e6a40$0a00020a@mickey>
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On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 01:59:25PM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > I have an array that has a drive that keeps timing out/failing... So I need > to replace it. However, I want to stress test/burn in a replacement disk > first. > > What is the best way to do this? Use smartmontools to run long self-tests. You can also try tools like mhdd (free) and spinrite (commercial) for in-depth analysis of a hard drive.
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