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drive testing with new diskless RN204
I'm about to set up a new diskless RN204 with two new 6TB Seagate Capacity V4 drives in Raid 1 mode. I'm totally new to the NAS world. I've read a lot of the forum posts and done some searching but am still not sure how to approach testing my new drives. I'm planning to use Sea Tools to check out the drives and probably GSmartControl to review the Smart data. Does that sound like a decent approach? Up to now, the new NAS has not even been plugged in. So here's what I'm a bit confused about. (for now!) Do I test the drives before I install them to the NAS or after? If I test after I put them into the NAS how do I specify which drive I'm testing if they are set up as Raid1? Will I still be able to access the drives individually? If I install them before can I just use my eSata USB dock to mount them with? Should I format them before testing them or just drop them in and start testing? TIA! Jim3.5KViews0likes10Comments