[plug] thrashing hard disks

[Craig Ringer]

On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 14:56, Ben Jensz wrote:

> Anyone got any suggestions for a program to run under Linux that would 
> give some hard disks a damn good thrashing for a set period of time? 

Bonnie++, iometer and badblocks in non-destructive read/write mode all
thrash the disk, though in different ways. Manufacturer's disk tools.
SMART extended self test (start it using smartctl, after booting off a
CD or rescue disk and making sure the disk isn't in use). 

Craig Ringer