Anyone use SpinRite?

[Dylan]

Title. With the purchase of 5x8TB drives for a new NAS, I'm thinking that it might be nice to have a specific to repair bad sectors or even perform some proactive checks. I know of and use lots of disk health tools, but after some research, I'm thinking SpingRite might be worth the $90. Just wondering any HexOS or TrueNAS peeps use this tool.

Thanks!

[WilliamsKnights]

I'm interested also.  I have never worked out if Spinrite is snake oil or actually worth it?

Gibson research Corp has been around for a loooong time. And they have produced some amazing tools over the years. So I'm tempted to trust them.

But they claim spinrite it will prolong life and improve performance. It effectively rewrites ALL the data on a drive. So that increases wear and shortens the life overall..

I just cannot get my head around it.  I think if it's a low usage drive. it may be worth it. 

 

I'd love to see a proper review or feedback from others on if it's used much