completed bad block scan and long smart test. no issues



*this took about 12 days or so to complete for 12tb. Basically it was written and read back for all blocks and it found no errors. this was done multiple times with different patterns. doesn't get as thorough as this when checking a new hard drive. i highly recommend doing this when you first receive your brand new hard drive.


so yeah the viewnet seagate hard drive arrived in good condition both in delivery and no manufacturing defect based on the results. and warranty is in order, so all good (cept the price paid )

anyway, to restore my data, i had to load back the saved truenas config. i also re-did the pool and shares and imported them. next, go to the backup (which also uses a truenas), then did the push from the backup shares to the main nas.

Had to re-do the key pairs and ssh connections between the 2. when it says the cert is invalid (reason self made), just click to ignore, then it will just proceed to work. If you are doing remote over the internet, you can setup a validated cert if u wish. but for local, it's not as important afaik.

anyway after recovered everything is working

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Nov 22 2025, 11:26 AM

the offsite backup is the gold standard. but some just only have local backup. But as long as you got the bare minimum store a copy on 2 different storage devices, then that should be ok. just know and understand, if your place has a disaster either natural, robbery, or fire or whatever, then strong chance your data is kapoot. But if you are ok with that, then fine.

This still beats having no backup whatsoever. because of stuff like bit rot, and even when using raid thinking if 1 drive fails u pop it in and it will rebuild. Yes it will rebuild, but can u say that or other things can't happen? this is why you need backup. even if your bare minimum is just 2 devices in same premises.



i wouldn't personally recommend synology because of what they tried recently. actually i don't even have a good alternative to recommend which is a prebuilt. if going DIY i strongly recommend truenas community edition. I use fangtooth it's rock solid. Goldeye is still not stable, only for beta testers only.

unraid is good but requires a paid license, so people having qualms about that just stick to truenas since it's free. there ton of diy builds for truenas. you can send the parts to a pc shop to build it for you for a small fee. the part list just follow an up to date part list for knowing what to get.




Depends on what the user needs. For mr 4tb x 4 is too small. So i've since moved to 12tb x 4 in raidz1 ZFS. And i have the backups on a different nas using a bunch of 4tb hdds. Since i don't leave backup on 24/7, electricity isn't an issue.


have to figure out how much terabyte the user needs for the next 5 years (storage requirements normally keep increasing, so plan accordingly). And plan the backup for that as well if your data is important and requires a backup.


NAS is good because it's storage accessible to all your devices connected to the same network. For both wired (ethernet. desktops, laptops...) and wireless (smartphone etc...). Heck, you can even use the NAS as your steam library so your desktop can use that as storage for your steam library games.


i also use immich so i can vouch for it. i use truenas to deploy docker container for immich. You can point the location where your media is stored, then index them in immich. You can even enable the folder browsing feature so you can browse the pictures similarly like you do in windows 11 file explorer to the folders your pictures are located.


This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Today, 11:59 AM

it's funny some say HDD is dead. But thing is, they still use them even at scale



it is possible there may come a day hdd will be dead. but that day isn't yet

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Today, 12:01 PM