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Got my HDDs delivered. How can I test them all before putting real data on them?
  • when I get new hdds, i open a tmux instance with one pane per hdd, then i do:

    • smartctl -t short /dev/sdX
    • smartctl -t conveyance /dev/sdX
    • badblocks -b 4096 -ws /dev/sdX
    • smartctl -t long /dev/sdX

    And if it passes all those, then I put them into a zpool.

    edit: for bigger drives, you might need to increase the block size for badblocks, 65535 for example.

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