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.

  • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    They would, you’d be paying them monthly for that service. Backblaze has been good to me so far, and their costs are okay for 20 or less terabytes, after that it starts making more sense to place a backup server in a DC.

    • PeachMan@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Their cheapest backup plan is unlimited storage for $7 per month. The catch is that it has to be Windows or Mac, they won’t let you back up Linux with the cheap plan (you have to upgrade to B2 for that). Because they know most people use Linux for servers of some sort.