What is your test method for new HDDs before adding to array?
What is your test method for new HDDs before adding to array?
I'm looking to add some large Enterprise HDD's to my array and was wondering if a Long Smart Test would be sufficient before putting the drive into service?
I use Windows/Snapraid and have/use HDD Sentinel and also could run Read and/or write tests.
I'm curious what others testing methods are after a drive is shipped to them before putting it into service?
I’m a bit extreme. I run bad blocks non stop for a few days. (Usually 3-5) to simulate a workload my NAS will never have. Then I run a smart scan that scans the surface of the entire disk. A little overkill but it works.
YOLO. Just add them to my array and pray.
https://github.com/Spearfoot/disk-burnin-and-testing is what I've used historically. Generally speaking I only care about doing that on a fresh build of a NAS though. When I'm replacing a single drive, I'll do a long SMART and call it done, since the failure of that new drive won't matter (as much) in the context of a replacement in the array.