From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 17 17:08:27 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F7CB16A400 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:08:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out3.apple.com (mail-out3.apple.com [17.254.13.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58EC513C457 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:08:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay8.apple.com (relay8.apple.com [17.128.113.38]) by mail-out3.apple.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3HH8RDr021134; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:08:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay8.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay8.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id EC85E40473; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:08:26 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11807126-a0550bb0000007ff-ee-4624ff0a5593 Received: from [17.214.13.96] (cswiger1.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay8.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id CD2754001B; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:08:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <52060.69.129.174.18.1176828969.squirrel@email.polands.org> References: <52060.69.129.174.18.1176828969.squirrel@email.polands.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <3BE862D2-4168-432C-898B-4F14CA7C8354@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:08:26 -0700 To: Doug Poland X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Exercising ATA disks in hopes of revealing errors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:08:27 -0000 On Apr 17, 2007, at 9:56 AM, Doug Poland wrote: > I've just come into possesion of a bunch of 80GB ATA drives. I'd like > to quickly and efficiently test each drive to see if it's free of > errors and suitable for deployment in non-critical workstations. > > Using FreeBSD 6.x as a testing platform, what tools do people use to > stress-test disk drives? I've searched ports and done some googling > but nothing stands out. sysutils/smartmontools will let you check the error counts recorded via SMART and let you invoke various self-tests and possibly a surface scan, depending on what the drive's firmware supports. However, to do more thorough testing, the (typically DOS-based) utility from the vendor will be somewhat better. -- -Chuck