diskscan

What is diskscan?

Diskscan is a comprehensive utility designed to assess the health and performance of both hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs). Given the critical nature of the data often stored on these storage devices, it is crucial to have a reliable tool that can provide detailed insights into a disk's condition. Diskscan accomplishes this by conducting a non-destructive surface scan, focusing solely on read operations to ensure the safety of the stored information

Highlights

• Comprehensive disk health evaluation: Diskscan reports on key metrics, including error counts, latency histograms, and graphs of minimum, maximum, and median latency across the disk surface
• Support for both HDD and SSD technologies: The tool can analyze the condition of traditional hard disk drives as well as the more modern solid-state drives
• Non-destructive data scanning: By limiting its operations to read-only actions, Diskscan ensures that the existing data on the disk remains unaffected during the assessment process
• Detailed performance and wear-and-tear analysis: The tool provides users with a comprehensive understanding of a disk's current state, enabling informed decisions about its future viability.