An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for efficiently verifying writes. A storage module stores a plurality of data sets in a storage controller memory. A write module writes the plurality of data sets through a first write channel to a hard disk drive. A verification module verifies whether a representative data set of the plurality of data sets is successfully written to the first write channel or not. A mitigation module rewrites the plurality of data sets in response to an unsuccessful write of the representative data set.