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expected time for 8 TB hard drive
Frantz
My question is around the expected time to complete. For an 8 TB drive with spinning disks (not sure of the specific make of drive), it showed Level 3 as 25 hours and Level 2 as 12 hours. I'm curious if these times look roughly normal.
I completed 42% on Level 2 and plan on resuming overnight assuming I can figure out how to resume. Running Level 3 would take multiple nights and would be a bit of a hassle.
Great job on this Steve!
ColbyBouma
To resume a scan: go through the normal steps of starting a scan, but hit TAB on the last screen before the scan starts. That will let you enter the starting point.
Frantz
Steve
That looks about right for a “spinner”. I've been quoting half a terabyte per hour, so two hours per terabyte. SATA III SSD's, of course, can perform much faster. But that looks good for a spinner.