What do you gain if you abuse your drive so hard that its lifetime is severly impacted? Am 06.08.2012 11:47 schrieb "Dale" <rdalek1...@gmail.com>:
> 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! > > >
