On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 08:06:25PM -0700, Leslie S Satenstein wrote: > I wonder if the IO errors is due to temperature differences between the > drive's current installation and the temperature of the quality assurance > testing that was done before the drive left the plant. > > I always run the drives for a few days before reformatting. That way, the > oxide on the disk and clearances between head and platter have settled in, as > well as the drive electronics making accommodations for signal levels.
I always run full destructive write-read test on new drives before I put them in my RAID. Any failures, any bad blocks at all, and the drive goes right back to the store. For some of the larger drives theey sell nowadays, such a test can take a week. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
