Your the only one replying…

You do you 😉

Hey, I don’t judge. I love all my data hoarder brothers and sisters. I’m just saying, eventually, everyone goes a little crazy and they need to have 100 Pb of storage and when that happens, you fall into the rabbit hole that is the diy NAS server.

It’s a data hoarder forum. Everyone hangs around enough on this forum is bound to becomes a NAS diyer at some point. May as we make suggestions toward the inevitability.

Yes.

My comment was aimed more at he diyers who setup their own NAS solution

Short: runs tests that have a high probability of detecting device problems

Extended or Long: the test is the same as the short check but with no time limit and with complete disk surface examination

Conveyance: identifies if damage incurred during transportation of the device

Ask for a long report before buying. Then run a conveyance when you receive after shipping if you buy.

If you get for free, run a long test.

Depends how used and how much you like your data.

If your buying, I’d for a S.M.A.R.T test report before buying.

If they are free, run a S.M.A.R.T test before you put any data you don’t want to lose.

Always have redundancy.

VPN and SFTP. That is the way.