ULINK Analytics: SATA HDD Rankings by Long Latency Reads

Aug 24, 2023 | Long Latency Reads

Have you ever opened a local file on your computer system that seemed to take a long time to open? If a file takes too long to open, you might quit the opening application and try to open the file again. And if this happens on a regular basis, you might even consider...

What is the Best Way to Detect Bad Sectors in a RAID?

Jul 5, 2023 | RAID

Hard drives commonly encounter the issue of bad sectors, which can lead to the loss of data and a decline in performance. There are several methods to detect bad sectors in a RAID. Through Read Commands One method to find bad sectors is to simply read from the drive...

Spare and Pending Sectors as Indicators of Drive Deterioration and Failure

Jun 13, 2023 | Spare Sectors

Spare sectors are extra sectors that are not part of the drive’s advertised capacity. They are reserved for use when a sector becomes unreadable or unwritable due to manufacturing defects or wear and tear. The drive has a mechanism to automatically detect such...

How to Deal with Bad Sectors on Your Hard Drive – Part 2

Jun 6, 2023 | HDD

In this two-part article on “How to Deal with Bad Sectors on Your Hard Drive,” we have already looked at what bad sectors are and what causes them. We will now look at how your hard drive deals with them and what you can do to minimize the effect of bad sectors. How...

How to Deal with Bad Sectors on Your Hard Drive – Part 1

May 30, 2023 | HDD

Bad sectors are one of the most common problems that affect hard drives. They can cause data loss and performance degradation. But what are bad sectors and how can you prevent or fix them? Drive Heads and Media: A Precise System A hard drive contains two important...