[ale] New hard drive procedure

[Jim Kinney]

I do nothing more than install it and run it. I let my OS do the
checking with smartctl.
I will do a quick check of the specs and compare to the manual or
manufactures specs to make sure nothing obvious.
I've probably installed 3-4 hundred as singles and I don't _want_ to
think how many as array units. I've never had a bad new drive out of
the box. I've had a few, maybe 2 or 3 that failed within a couple of
months and given the power supply died shortly after, I'm pretty sure
it was killed the drives.
Most of the used drives I've installed have failed within a few months.
All were over 5 years old when I got them.
On Sat, 2015-06-06 at 19:59 -0400, Sam Rakowski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've purchased a new hard drive(magnetic) to replace an old one that
> has
> some bad sectors on it. I haven't ever bought a new hard drive; most
> of my
> hard drives come used or part of a new device.
> 
> I'm just interested in hearing what you all run through when you
> receive a
> new hard drive. Zero it? Run badblocks? All or none of the above?
> 
> Sam
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