On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Walter Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 3:06 PM, compdoc <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>Coming back tonight to do memtest, SpinRite on the SSD, etc..., >> >> Spinrite on an ssd is a terrible idea. It's an ancient program thats even a >> bad idea to use on hard drives. >> >> It doesn't even work on drives larger than 1TB, because it was written in a >> time when drives were not that big. And there was no such thing as an SSD >> back then. Toss spinrite in the trash. >> >> If you want to know if a drive is failing, you just have to ask it. Just >> read the SMART info recorded in the drive. >> >> Memtest86+ on the other hand is a great idea, but you should let it run as >> many passes as possible. One or two passes is fine for new equipment, but >> with old ram that might be flakey, its best to run overnight or at least 4 >> or 5 passes. >> >> If the motherboard is 4 or 5 years old, you might check for swollen >> capacitors, and many of the low cost power supplies go bad in a year or >> two. >> >> > I suggest you update your knowledge base on SpinRite. It has found a new > life in helping SSD drives to fix themselves. FYI, the SMART info is often > different depend on if the drive is under load. SpinRite puts the drive > under load, so you may not errors on the drive unless are running your own > seek application. The size limit is 2TB and the program will have a free > update in the near future to support drives >2TB. Most recommendations are > to use SpinRite in Level 2 mode (read only), but given that modern drives > have wear leveling, even running it read-write will not kill a drive that > does caching and basic wear leveling. > > I'd suggest that before you slag programs, you not rely on old, outdated, > biased information. But that is just me... > > > Walter > > > > > --
I think I am guilty also, I did not even know it was still developed actively. I am glad someone is around to reply back and let everyone know that it still is. _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
