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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.

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[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Get a second one at least. You can't really trust it otherwise. If the truly important data is relatively small you can even just put it on a cloud service as an extra backup. Or use something like Backblaze B2 and keep it connected to your computer and backed up that way.

[-] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Backblaze seems truly interesting. Would they really backup my entire 14 TB and more if/when I’m able to fill it up? And yes, I do have my personal data on two separate cloud services. But can’t trust anyone these days.

[-] Nash42@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Be sure you read their terms regarding external or network-connected drives. I remember something about them not allowing some form of drive external to your computer (because otherwise you could back up several computers, when they want you to pay $20/mo per computer)

[-] PeachMan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No, external drives are supported by their cheapest backup plan. It's NETWORK drives that aren't supported.

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