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                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/managing-disks-certify-verify-initialize/certify-question/#post-4419</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 17:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Both reads and writes slow down as the drive hits the inner tracks, but reads and writes are the same speeds with raw data. So the amount will vary greatly. 5-6 days should do it.

Otherwi...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Both reads and writes slow down as the drive hits the inner tracks, but reads and writes are the same speeds with raw data. So the amount will vary greatly. 5-6 days should do it.

Otherwise you are using an untested drive, and that is why many drives seem to suddenly fail, they were never tested deep into the drive.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 04:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I am in the middle of certifying a 10TB drive. I&#039;m not looking forward to how long that&#039;s going to take.

But can I assume that the read passes are going to go at least a *little* more qui...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I am in the middle of certifying a 10TB drive. I'm not looking forward to how long that's going to take.

But can I assume that the read passes are going to go at least a *little* more quickly than the write passes?]]></content:encoded>
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