DiskTester is a 64-bit application which tests drive performance and reliability for single volumes or RAID. Some highlights:
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
United States
HD Tune Alternatives
HD Tune has been discontinued. One of the most popular alternatives is CrystalDiskInfo, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are CrystalDiskMark, Hard Disk Sentinel, GSmartControl and Victoria. There's no shortage of Benchmark Tools like HD Tune, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and self-hosting.
Alternatives list
A feature-rich and versatile storage testing tool, Diskspd (version 2.0.17) combines robust and granular IO workload definition with flexible runtime and output options, creating an ideal tool for synthetic storage subsystem testing and validation.
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A SMARTHDD intended for troubleshooting and operation optimization of HDD and SSD storages. Allows adjusting characteristics of HDD and SSD by modifying the positioning speed of magnetic heads (AAM) and fine-tuning power consumption (APM).
Platforms
- Windows
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Anvil's Storage Utilities is a powerful tool that comes packed with many useful features for helping you test the performance of a solid-state drive or hard disk drive.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
DHE DriveInfoshows HDD information: Manufacturer, Product ID, Serialnumber, Firmware, ATA-Standard, BUS Info (S-ATA 150/300/600, P-ATA, USB, SCSI), Size, Buffer Size, Rotation Rate, Formfactor, Features, AAM, APM, Master Boot Record, Disk ID, Bootloader
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
PassMark DiskCheckup allows the user to monitor the SMART attributes of a particular hard disk drive. SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a feature on a computer's hard disk for providing various monitoring indicators of disk reliability.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Australia
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As the Iometer Users Guide says, Iometer is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems. It was originally developed by the Intel Corporation and announced at the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) on February 17, 1998 - since then it got...
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- United States
Active SMART - is hard-drive deagnostic and file usage information tool. It uses the S.M.A.R.T. technology to track the status of the computer hard disks to timely detect and anticipate any problems, occurring with the hard drive, before the danger of the data loss appears.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
United Kingdom
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2U load generation appliance, also runs under a VM, A leading commercial performance validation product for networked storage infrastructure. We help companies reduce risk and save millions of dollars by aligning storage deployment decisions to application workload performance...
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Self-Hosted
15 HD Tach alternativesHD Tach is a low level hardware benchmark for random access read/write storage devices such as hard drives, removable drives (ZIP/JAZZ), flash devices, and RAID arrays. HD Tach uses custom device drivers and other low level Windows interfaces to bypass as many layers of software...
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
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