Raid 5 Question

[EvilAlchemist]

I have 5 x WD 640GB AAKS drives in Raid 5 - Dell Perc 5/i.

Latley, I have realized it is holding all my movies, photos, and TV shows.

It has been running great for about 2 years and I want to keep it that way.

What tests / tools can I use to make sure I can detect any problems early?

 

[MetricGnome]

Do you have SMART tools?

 

[NoForgiveness]

The Windows standard disk scanning utility, for one.

The Error Scan on HD Tune is another.

Intel Matrix Storage Manager has health status display also.

And anyway, one of the best measures you could take is to be ready for a crash, order or one or two spare drives that could replace those in your existing array so that if a crash ever does come, you're ready on the spot.