First thing I do with a new hard drive is run a long self-test using smartctl. If it passes it gets added to the system. I have smartd set to do a daily short self-test and a weekly long self-test on every drive. Replace any drives that start to show errors.

Saludos,
Jose.

L. V. Lammert wrote:
At 03:36 PM 5/4/2009 -0700, Jose Quinteiro wrote:
I use this http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

Saludos,
Jose.

Thanks! I have used smart tools in the past, .. but how do you use them for testing?

        Lee

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