Stress testing/burning in HDD's

[Don O'Neil]

I have an array that has a drive that keeps timing out/failing... So I need
to replace it. However, I want to stress test/burn in a replacement disk
first.

What is the best way to do this?

[Jonathan Horne]

Post by Don O'Neil
I have an array that has a drive that keeps timing out/failing... So I need
to replace it. However, I want to stress test/burn in a replacement disk
first.
What is the best way to do this?
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it will surely get plenty of burn-in as it replicates the array.

for a server's disk, i dont think there is any way, or technical reason
to "ease it into service". just swap it in. its either gonna run right
away, or be DOA out of the box. (well, thats my experience, at least).

cheers,

[Andrew Pantyukhin]

Post by Don O'Neil
I have an array that has a drive that keeps timing out/failing... So I need
to replace it. However, I want to stress test/burn in a replacement disk
first.
What is the best way to do this?

Use smartmontools to run long self-tests. You can also try tools
like mhdd (free) and spinrite (commercial) for in-depth analysis
of a hard drive.