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    Stress Test New Hard Drives - Suggestions?

    Oops, I wrote that! You are right: the correct sequence is 1) S.M.A.R.T. tests 2) read 3) write 4) S.M.A.R.T. tests again 5) compare differences between step 1 and 4.
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    Stress Test New Hard Drives - Suggestions?

    So, let me explain this thing a more in depth. My apologies if I expressed myself not correctly because - as you can read - English in not my mother language. For HDs testing, right before putting them into production, I always commit some "burn-in" and control testing. I start with a...
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    Stress Test New Hard Drives - Suggestions?

    Bill McGonigle explains very well the difference you need to know: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/22505
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    Stress Test New Hard Drives - Suggestions?

    I run Spinrite for a main reason: it's true "low level" so – if you have encrypted disks (like using TrueCrypt or FreeBSD GELI encryption) – you don't need a software that "understands" the underlying filesystem
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    Stress Test New Hard Drives - Suggestions?

    Steve Gibson says that this tool is great to test new hard drives, and I mainly use it for this purpose. A level 2 test is able to discover defective surface or mechanical problems due to bad shipping. I'm using it now on 6 Seagate VN 3000 to test before putting them into a FreeNAS box...
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    Stress Test New Hard Drives - Suggestions?

    My experience: I've sent a lot of "broken" disks to Apple, IBM or HP (under warranty); they told me the HDs were 100% "gone" and data not recoverable. I had a bunch of them rusting in my closet when a friend of mine brought in a CD with Spinrite. That tiny piece of software was able – after...
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    Stress Test New Hard Drives - Suggestions?

    In the past I have tried all the possible combinations of tests under FreeBSDa and / or Linux, but now I use Spinrite from Steve Gibson https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm It catches all errors (and repairs them too, no matter what filesystem is there on the disk, even encrypted ones).
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    UK X-Case (XCase) Data Storage Products Thread (some Norco similarities)

    I've just purchased the RM 424. What about the problem of some Supermicro motherboards that cause the fans to drop so low and trigger an alarm? Here is the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYpQ8Xq2ryg
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