<div dir="ltr">My tendency would be to boot the boxes from Flash or DVD and test with badblocks or fsck nondestructively obtaining a list of problems to then help decide how to proceed with each box. You could make a Flash drive with the basic tools and scripts and then clone it to work with several drives at once.<div><br></div><div>Time consuming but comprehensive.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 7:41 AM, bruce <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:badouglas@gmail.com" target="_blank">badouglas@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">update::<br>
<br>
The boxes can be remotely/ssh accessed, so it would be easier if<br>
there's a solution that could allow us to simply run software tests<br>
over the net, to the boxes/drives that are installed/formatted if<br>
possible!!<br>
<br>
thanks again!!<br>
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On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:39 AM, bruce <<a href="mailto:badouglas@gmail.com">badouglas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Morning --<br>
><br>
> Got a situation where we have a number of used/older dell boxes<br>
> running centos/fedora (should be the same process of testing the<br>
> drives).<br>
><br>
> Some of the boxes have already had the OS installed/drive<br>
> formatted/patitioned/etc.. Some have dual drives.<br>
><br>
> We realized that we should have tested each drive prior to<br>
> installing/formatting/etc..<br>
><br>
> So, now we're wondering what's the best/god way to test the drives.<br>
><br>
> We'd like to put together a basic process to allow us to test the<br>
> given drive, preferably with the drive in the box/running/formatted so<br>
> we don't have to test the drive in a separate box!!<br>
><br>
> So, any input we can get on software to use, articles to review, etc<br>
> in order to get a stable test process to get a good idea of the health<br>
> of our drives would be cool<br>
><br>
> Issues to consider::<br>
> -We have running drives, that are partitioned/formatted<br>
> -we have drives in systems that we haven't started to use<br>
> some primary formatted/some are installed as 2nd drives<br>
><br>
> we need a way to be able to test all of the drives, preferably<br>
> without taking the drive(s) out of a box and testing them in a separate box<br>
><br>
> Concern is/are:<br>
> -bad sectors/blocks<br>
> -health of drive<br>
> -capacity of drive<br>
> -etc..<br>
><br>
> we've looked into hdparam/smartctl<br>
><br>
> thanks guys!<br>
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