I will some time soon have all the part necessary to assemble my first FreeNAS box. I've read about and understand that drive burn-in testing is essential to save yourself headaches down the road. I am totally new to this (and to FreeNAS, and to pretty much anything DIY computer is concerned). I have read this thread, https://www.ixsystems.com/community/resources/hard-drive-burn-in-testing.92/, which is awesome, but I think I need to back up even a few more steps.
Once I have my drives, where do you run these burn-in tests? Is it standard practice to have a separate box to do drive testing? What if that is not possible, can I use my new build (without data of course), install FreeNAS and my drives and everything else, and do the burn-in from there? If so, how do I go about doing that?
Thanks so much for any help.
Once I have my drives, where do you run these burn-in tests? Is it standard practice to have a separate box to do drive testing? What if that is not possible, can I use my new build (without data of course), install FreeNAS and my drives and everything else, and do the burn-in from there? If so, how do I go about doing that?
Thanks so much for any help.