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...

ULINK’s Invention Files: Test Reporter

Jan 27, 2023 | IT Storage Test Tools

ULINK has set the standard in testing for the storage industry and helped in reducing the time-to-market for products in the storage industry. One challenge it faced in doing so was the high risk of errors and time involved in managing and analyzing storage drive test...

ULINK’S Invention Files: Protocol and Regression Test Suites

Jan 25, 2023 | IT Storage Test Tools

Near the end of 2009, ULINK had developed a set of Testing Packages for HDD and SSD vendors to test the quality and compliance of new SSD and HDD products. They included scripts for ATA/SATA protocol, performance, regression and reliability tests to provide a complete...

From DriveMaster to AI-Powered DA Drive Analyzer: Key Innovations from ULINK

Nov 23, 2022 | IT Storage Test Tools

Around 2008, the market for Solid State Device (SSD) development was emerging. After the success and industry-wide recognition of the ULINK DriveMaster testing platform, we developed a set of SSD Testing Packages for SSD vendors to test the quality and compliance of...

From DriveMaster to AI-Powered DA Drive Analyzer: The Genesis

Nov 15, 2022 | IT Storage Test Tools

The ULINK Journey ULINK was founded in 2001 and today has become the world leader in providing IT storage interface test tools. Recently, it has successfully launched AI-powered DA Drive Analyzer for drive health prediction. It all began when we started providing...