[mythtv-users] Disk Stress Testing (Was Re: Need help - partitioning foobar)

[Boleslaw Ciesielski]

On 2013-02-13 07:51, Craig Huff wrote:
> On Thursday, January 31, 2013, Per Jessen wrote:
> 
>     Wrt testing drives (we're surely way off-topic by now?), I prefer to
>     also run a multi-threaded read/write stress tests for 24 hours or so.
>     It will pick out those just _slightly_ flaky drives.
> 
> 
> Is there a particular tool for doing a multi-threaded read/write stress
> test, or is this a "roll your own" kind of thing?

Check out fsx for brute force testing and fio for fine tuned simulated load.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/212767#212767
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/362409#362409

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