At 02:36 PM 9/14/2020, you wrote:
On 2020-09-14 16:52, Robert Heller wrote:
At Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:14:44 -0700 CentOS mailing list
<centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Folks
I've encountered situations where I want to reuse a hard-drive. I do
If it is a Seagate, don't bother. They have the highest failure
rate in the industry.
Look at the SMART statistics before deciding to re-use a disk,
especially "Reallocated_Sector_Ct,"
"Power_On_Hours," and run the "extended SMART test."
Todd Merriman
Software Toolz, Inc.
Todd
The reason I'm reusing a disk is not because of hardware failures,
but rather because I've abandoned a particular use for that disk,
maybe changed operating systems, maybe tried something using ZFS and
want to change to some other techonology. I know that the best way
to reclaim a disk after read-failures is to wipe it with zeros, and
this takes days.
And by the way, I typically use only WD disks, not seagate.
Thanks for the confirmation.
David
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