How to test a GoHardDrives 16 TB drive faster than a full surface test

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philb2

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I think a full surface test will take days and days, so I'm interested in something faster.
 
In reply to the title: you don't. It's worth waiting for the full surface scan.
 
philb2 said:
I would but I have only 1 desktop. And my laptop would require a USB connection to the drive, much, much slower than SATA.
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USB3 is 5Gbps, SATA is 6Gbps, using an HDD shouldn't be much slower using USB. HDD can't even saturate a USB3 connection when reading/writing at max speed.
 
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I usually just put them in my NAS, add it to my Raid 6, and once done. Run a scan. If it comes back bad, that is ok. Ill just swap it back out and replace it. I don't have time to test it for days before using it.
 
jordan12 said:
I usually just put them in my NAS, add it to my Raid 6, and once done. Run a scan. If it comes back bad, that is ok. Ill just swap it back out and replace it. I don't have time to test it for days before using it.
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If I had a NAS, I might do that also. Unforunately I'm NASless. :notworthy:
 
jordan12 said:
I usually just put them in my NAS, add it to my Raid 6, and once done. Run a scan. If it comes back bad, that is ok. Ill just swap it back out and replace it. I don't have time to test it for days before using it.
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What's so mission critical at home that you can't let an unattended scan go for a couple of days to minimize future issues/hassles?
 
GoldenTiger said:
What's so mission critical at home that you can't let an unattended scan go for a couple of days to minimize future issues/hassles?
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Nothing. I have two Nas's and I just simply do not bother with testing until the drive has been added. Worst case, I restart the rebuild with another drive. No big deal. But I have only had to do that a few times over the years.
 
Grebuloner said:
I think there is irony, here, that at this point, after all the discussion, a full surface test would probably have already completed.
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OP here. I started a Hard Disk Sentinel test yesterday. 16.37 real TB. Time estimate was 16+ hours. Like 1 TB per hour. By this morning, estimate was 20 total hours. I checked just now and the test is no longer running. I will reboot in a few minutes and restart the test.
 
I had to restart the test, and it actually took 24h 50m. Drive tested OK. :)

The SMART data shows the drive was put into service on 6/1/2023. Is that possible? That it was pulled from service in less than 18 months?
 
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I think the date is day of (re)manufacture?

Otherwise, business needs can change, rendering the drives unnecessary, or the operation folded and the assets were sold, or any other of many reasons.
 
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