chrisgull Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 There is an invalid assumption in Sync (and many other softwares) that media will not deteriorate over time. To detect deterioration, a forced full reindexing reading every single bit could be useful. I have not seen this function in Sync so I am requesting this feature. Background: I use Sync readonly shares to make offsite backups of a 20TB data set. Two backup sets are swapped by physically transporting drives to remote location for safe storage every 2-3 months. A few times deteriorated media has been detected, not when syncing but when explicitly scanning media surfaces with tools such as HD Tune. A built-in function in Sync to trigger a full reindexing would be a convenient way to verify that existing data is still readable. Currently using Sync 2.6.1 For Windows 64-bit, Home Pro license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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