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Created February 20, 2012 18:34
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Linux disk/memory stress test
# www.fduran.com
# hardware stress test
# mismatched md5sums shows a faulty disk/RAM
# time depends on hardware, ex: 1 sec per 100 count
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/test.file bs=1M count=1000
for i in {1..5}; do md5sum /tmp/test.file; done
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