Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I finally got me a 3Tb drive on the way. Should be here Wednesday. I > have seen some reviews where it would not work right. I think some of > it may be BIOS related since some BIOS's don't like drives that large. > Anyway, I want to test this thing real good to really make sure it is up > to the task before putting my data on it. It's going to be so much > data, there is really no way to do back-ups at this point. Come on, 2 > to 3Tbs on 4Gb DVDs. Really? lol Maybe a external drive later on but > for now, well. > > I have heard of bonnie and friends. I also think dd could do some > testing too. Is there any other way to give this a good work and see if > it holds up? Oh, helpful hints with Bonnie would be great too. I have > never used it before. Maybe someone has some test that is really brutal. > > Thanks > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
I seem to have got a few really good responses to my question. Since I really want to test this drive really hard, I'll try them all. lol If it survives a few runs of all this, maybe it is going to live. Like the one with the script too. May have to edit for my needs but certainly a GREAT start. While at it, I found a lot of references to the flood in Japan or I assume it was Japan. Anyone think this could still be a problem? Should they all be flushed out of the system by now? Pardon the flush term there. ;-) Linky: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1310560&CatId=4357 Please, no hard drive brand flame wars. Seagates fail, WD fails, they all fail at some point. We all know that already. This is what I got so it is what it is. :-D That is why I want to test this thing like a wild man BEFORE putting anything on it. If it has a issue, hopefully the test will bring that to the front now instead of later. Waiting on Wednesday to get here now. Dale :-) :-) P. S. What is a good way to back up something this large BESIDES another drive the same size or larger? I thought about getting a blue ray burner but even that will take a lot of media. Another drive is all I can think of myself. -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
