Computer Hardware Support - Re: Hard Disk requalification
Ian East wrote:> Hi,
>
> I have many hard disks that I must re-qualify (they are old and can
> not easily be replaced). Does anyone know of a good way of
> requalifying IDE hard disks on an x86 system? The OS doesn't matter
> as I can use Linux, Windows, Solaris x86, etc... The test should at
> least write the entire surface of the disk, read the entire surface of
> the disk, do random seek tests, and "exercise" the disk for 12 hours
> or so. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've tried some of the
> various benchmarking programs like bonnie++, iozone, etc... but have
> not quite found something that suitable specifically for
> re-qualification.
What does "re-qualification" mean? I believe you can run a program to
say how many sectors are good or bad. And you can verify that there
are no errors during an X-hour run. But when I purchase a drive, I'm
looking for an indication that the drive will continue to serve me for
some number of years in the future. I want to know how many hours are
on the bearings, whether it has been operated in a high temperature
environment that might have left the electronic components dried out.
posted by crash @ 3:18 AM
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