StressIO - stress test a mechanical hard drive by vomiting random data files, copying that vomit and
comparing the results. This will test a drive's I/O stability, even if S.M.A.R.T does not report a
fault. Using this, I have found bad drives that have passed all previous health checks.
Written by Nathaniel Berners.
WARNING - Using this script is destructive; make sure your data is backed up as it will be
irrecoverable afterwards! As such, this script comes with absolutely ZERO warranty:
DATA LOSS IS GUARANTEED!
To run StressIO, do as root:
stressio.sh /dev/device
where "device" is the drive identifier (such as sda, not an individual partion, such as sda1)