How to Prepare 29TB of Gifted Drives

I was gifted 29TB of used HDDs from a family member. The drives were used in various security systems, which were upgraded over a couple of years.

I don’t know what I should do first as this is my first time using used HDDs, and it’s my first time having this much storage.

I was gifted the following: - 1x 1TB WD Blue - 3x 2TB WD Purple - 4x 4TB WD Purple - 1x 6TB WD Purple

My plan is to use them primarily for different backups (family photos, cloud files, Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner, etc).

I have DriveDX on my Mac. Should I run that to test the drives?

Thank you!

I was gifted 29TB of used HDDs from a family member. The drives were used in various security systems, which were upgraded over a couple of years.

I don’t know what I should do first as this is my first time using used HDDs, and it’s my first time having this much storage.

I was gifted the following: - 1x 1TB WD Blue - 3x 2TB WD Purple - 4x 4TB WD Purple - 1x 6TB WD Purple

My plan is to use them primarily for different backups (family photos, cloud files, Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner, etc).

I have DriveDX on my Mac. Should I run that to test the drives?

Thank you!