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Got my HDDs delivered. How can I test them all before putting real data on them? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think 8192 is high enough, since 4096 only breaks after something like 16TB.

Got my HDDs delivered. How can I test them all before putting real data on them? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

when I get new hdds, i open a tmux instance with one pane per hdd, then i do:

  • smartctl -t short /dev/sdX
  • smartctl -t conveyance /dev/sdX
  • badblocks -b 4096 -ws /dev/sdX
  • smartctl -t long /dev/sdX

And if it passes all those, then I put them into a zpool.

edit: for bigger drives, you might need to increase the block size for badblocks, 65535 for example.

Please stop suggesting Mint for gaming in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, the kernel and hardware compatibility as well as older libraries on LTS distros are what i was wondering about. Perhaps one or both of those contributed to the Mint issues seen.

Please stop suggesting Mint for gaming in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I keep on the most recent non-lts Ubuntu distro and i've had very little issues with steam. The LTS part might be the issue?