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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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