[CentOS] Looking for a good disk exerciser

[Les Mikesell]

Mark Hull-Richter wrote:

> 
>     If the drive supports SMART, smartctl should be able to test it and
>     display the diagnostics.  I'd try to get a replacement before the
>     warranty expires.
> 
> 
> But of course!
> 
> What's interesting is that I currently have the SMART in the BIOS 
> disabled, and the disk says it doesn't support SMART capability (per 
> smartctl).  I don't know if that's because the BIOS SMART is disabled, 
> but I'm still going to put some pressure on it.

A real simple test for dumb drives is:
cat /dev/hda >/dev/null
         ^^^^ change appropriately for the device
and watch for errors to show up in /var/log/messages or dmesg.

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   Les Mikesell
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