DarkScythe
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2008
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- 367
Hey there everyone,
I just ordered 4x new 3TB WD Reds from Newegg since they had it bundled together for $360 yesterday, which was finally within my target price range of $30/TB. Actually managed to get them a bit cheaper between the free $10 GC they sent me, and the $25 off 200 AmEx promo. I couldn't stack the VCO code, though, since it wouldn't work on combo items.
In any case, I figure I will be testing these HDD's when they arrive to check for issues and DOAs before I put them into service. I'm wondering if anyone else does this, and if so, what their process looks like.
My plan is to check them via my external enclosures for their SMART attributes, then throw them into my old PC and run DBAN on them for a couple days, then check SMART again afterward to compare the numbers. Is there any better way, or is this pretty good? Also, how many runs of DBAN would be considered good? I could simply leave it running for a week nonstop, but it also sounds like potential overkill.
Thanks!
I just ordered 4x new 3TB WD Reds from Newegg since they had it bundled together for $360 yesterday, which was finally within my target price range of $30/TB. Actually managed to get them a bit cheaper between the free $10 GC they sent me, and the $25 off 200 AmEx promo. I couldn't stack the VCO code, though, since it wouldn't work on combo items.
In any case, I figure I will be testing these HDD's when they arrive to check for issues and DOAs before I put them into service. I'm wondering if anyone else does this, and if so, what their process looks like.
My plan is to check them via my external enclosures for their SMART attributes, then throw them into my old PC and run DBAN on them for a couple days, then check SMART again afterward to compare the numbers. Is there any better way, or is this pretty good? Also, how many runs of DBAN would be considered good? I could simply leave it running for a week nonstop, but it also sounds like potential overkill.
Thanks!