Is there a hard drive test utility?

I'm looking for a utility to stress test hard drives. Sometimes I get a hard drive that I suspect might be on the verge of failure, but need to make it work a little harder to confirm the problem.
Is there any type of utility like this for the Macintosh?
Power Mac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

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