At 02:36 PM 9/14/2020, you wrote:
On 2020-09-14 16:52, Robert Heller wrote:
At Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:14:44 -0700 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
Folks I've encountered situations where I want to reuse a hard-drive. I do
If it is a Seagate, don't bother. They have the highest failure rate in the industry.
Look at the SMART statistics before deciding to re-use a disk, especially "Reallocated_Sector_Ct," "Power_On_Hours," and run the "extended SMART test."
Todd Merriman Software Toolz, Inc.
Todd
The reason I'm reusing a disk is not because of hardware failures, but rather because I've abandoned a particular use for that disk, maybe changed operating systems, maybe tried something using ZFS and want to change to some other techonology. I know that the best way to reclaim a disk after read-failures is to wipe it with zeros, and this takes days.
And by the way, I typically use only WD disks, not seagate.
Thanks for the confirmation.
David