The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/whosenose on 2024-12-31 20:01:12.

I’m buying two new 16 TB drives for my Synology server, and I’d like to test them for errors before adding them to my RAID volume. All I have available is the Synology, a Windows and a Mac laptop, a miniPC Ubuntu server (no monitor) and various Raspberry Pis including 5s running Pi Debian (and no desktops).

I’m comfortable with Linux, MacOS and Windows. What would be my best option to pre-test these drives before adding them? Would I need to buy an adapter to connect them? How long might this take?