I've been trying to get an accurate figure of hard disk performance between two systems. The data from different tests varied to wildly. For instance, hdparm -tT reported a read test of 185MB/s. I ...

So I got a dedicated server from an el cheapo hosting. On paper it's so-so, powerful CPU, 2x3Tb HDDs, 32gb of RAM. However, it reeks of customer-grade hardware- not a big complaint- it's DIRT cheap ...

Hard Disk Sentinel (HDSentinel) is a multi-OS SSD and HDD monitoring and analysis software. Its goal is to find, test, diagnose and repair hard disk drive problems, report and display SSD and HDD ...

The drive-analysis shows the drive’s performance over various fillage scenarios. The straighter the line, the better the result. We want a consistent performance across the entire drive.