[10.04]-Application to test/benchmark a hard drive?

[sdavmor]

On 09/15/2010 09:37 AM, Jesse Palser wrote:
>
> [10.04]-Application to test/benchmark a hard drive?
>
> Hi,
>
> I need a program to test and benchmark a hard disk drive.
> Any suggestions? I'm on Ubuntu 10.04 32bit
> and the hard drive is a Western Digital.
> Thanks!
>
> Jesse

Disk Utility might be what you want.  It's in the repositories.
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