On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 02:16, Roman Mamedov <roman@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:03:54 -0700 > Michael Evans <mjevans1983@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Have you exhaustively tested your drives as well? >> >> The smartctl -t long test is a good one to start with. smartctl -t short /dev/sdX ; sleep 120; smartctl -t conveyance Most smart failures I've seen fail the short test, and it only takes two minutes. Conveyance isn't much longer. If either test actually fails (not just gets interrupted), RMA it. > I run that the first thing after buying every new disk. The drives are okay, > even if they weren't, they should absolutely not cause the system lock-up in > the manner I was experiencing. Slightly off topic, but I wrote a script I thought I'd share, which I use on all new drives. It takes its time depending on how fast a sustained read/write speed the drive has, but it only takes a couple seconds to begin. http://www.kclug.org/wiki/index.php/Hard_Drive_Hell -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
