Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:07:43 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stress testing/burning in HDD's Message-ID: <200709261607.43603.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <009101c80080$1f1e6a40$0a00020a@mickey> References: <009101c80080$1f1e6a40$0a00020a@mickey>
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On Wednesday 26 September 2007 15:59:25 Don O'Neil wrote: > 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? > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" 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, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com
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