Cold-cache Sequential I/O Benchmark vs smartmontools
A side-by-side look at Cold-cache Sequential I/O Benchmark and smartmontools. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Cold-cache Sequential I/O Benchmark
System & Hardware
Cold-cache Sequential I/O Benchmark is an open-source disk benchmarking tool for measuring disk read performance. It tests hard drive read speed by writing test files to disk then reading them back sequentially.
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smartmontools
System & Hardware
smartmontools is a set of open source utilities that monitor the health of disk drives and predict drive failures, compatible with most types of hard drives. It reads SMART data to detect and report on various drive attributes related to reliability, such as reallocated sectors count.
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