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.
Simply put.
3 copies of anything critical.
2 types of media
This is more difficult for non business as non HDD storage is expensive but one cloud backup can work instead.
1 copy stored off site.
Having three copies at home is not much help if your house burns down etc.