2x 14TB SAS + LSI 9361-8i and 2x cables 149 USD

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EasyRhino

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Aug 6, 2019
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Took much longer than I expected. badblocks alone takes 6.4 days to finish.
Code:
# badblocks -b 4096 -ws /dev/sdc
Testing with pattern 0xaa: done
Reading and comparing: done
Testing with pattern 0x55: done
Reading and comparing: done
Testing with pattern 0xff: done
Reading and comparing: done
Testing with pattern 0x00: done
│Reading and comparing:  94.46% done, 152:11:08 elapsed. (0/0/0 errors)
yeah the default badblocks is four read/write passes, which seems excessive to me. I do the option for a single "random" pass write/read pass and then it only takes a day or two.