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									Time Remaining is always increasing - Managing Disks - Certify, Verify, Initialize				            </title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 09:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[It is a rough estimate. The number goes up and down, as the drive is certified across faster or slower portions of the disk.

A 4TB drive over thunderbolt should be in the broad range of 6...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[It is a rough estimate. The number goes up and down, as the drive is certified across faster or slower portions of the disk.

A 4TB drive over thunderbolt should be in the broad range of 60 hours or so. Every manufacturer will be different, so we do not currently have a matrix of test times.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Time Remaining is always increasing</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 05:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I&#039;m certifying a 4TB hard drive (default settings.) Initial time estimate was 44 hours. Fast forward 8 hours and it&#039;s at 61 hours remaining. How much time should I really estimate?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm certifying a 4TB hard drive (default settings.) Initial time estimate was 44 hours. Fast forward 8 hours and it's at 61 hours remaining. How much time should I really estimate?]]></content:encoded>
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