How often do sales come up?
Are these still a good value at $199?
Does the SMART Long test work in the enclosure?
It would be nice to stress test the drives after purchasing, but I will be there only a few days and don't have a Windows device to dedicate to testing them. I'm looking for the best way to ensure they are good before flying back.
If you have a linux laptop, run badblock to test the drive inside the USB enclosure .It would be nice to stress test the drives after purchasing, but I will be there only a few days and don't have a Windows device to dedicate to testing them. I'm looking for the best way to ensure they are good before flying back.
the last time I ran badblocks on these disks in a disk enclosure using full bandwidth (200+MB/sec at the beginning, slower at the inner part of disc), it took around 4~5 days to complete the full badblocks test. I don't think you can test these with badblocks in less than 24 hours.If you have a linux laptop, run badblock to test the drive inside the USB enclosure .
You will need to cool the drive with enclosure with a small fan so drive does not overheat inside the case
Only takes 12-24 hours to verify the new disk. You run tests with more than 1 drive.
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Disk SMART long test runs fine inside the case
This is accurate. One read-only pass could likely be completed in a day, but the default destructive test (-w) will do four full write+verify passes.the last time I ran badblocks on these disks in a disk enclosure using full bandwidth (200+MB/sec at the beginning, slower at the inner part of disc), it took around 4~5 days to complete the full badblocks test. I don't think you can test these with badblocks in less than 24 hours.
badblocks -v -b 4096 -w -t 0xaa -t 0x55 -t 0x00