Hey folks!
I have a WD easystore 14 TB External HDD connected to my Plex server (running on windows 11).
I am using about 4 TB of it, but not for anything truly important. It’s storing plex media mostly.
I’d like to use it for storing memories. But how do I trust it?
What are good tools for me to keep a check on the drive so that I can hopefully get enough warning when it starts losing sectors?
I have some tool installed based on recommendations online and I started a “surface test” of the disk and it said it’ll take a measly 300 hours. Not ideal.
Backups. You want backups of your important data. You want multiple copies, and for one to be offline and offsite if it’s critical.
That’s about it. Tools won’t guarantee that you’ll catch a failing disk (or have time to migrate if you do) before it fails.