Why are you using third party tools for this?
An "unreadable" result sounds like a failure from HashCheck - What does your OS Native tools give you?
Ubermidget2
joined 1 year ago
How storage do you need?
Absolutely, copy the source.
Internet Link Rot gets worse every day
For what it is worth in the NAS:
20x 6TB HDD - $1,400 ($11.66 per TB)
10 x18TB HDD - $3,500 ($19.44 per TB)
Hopefully deals like these can keep the cost of your NAS down a bit