Got new HDD's and RAID enclosure. Do I need to stress test the HDD's?

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I have hear that is smart to run some type of test software on new HDD's to force a drive to fail now and not in a few weeks after the warranty expires. I will be putting them in RAID 1 in my RAID enclosure. Should I test them in this setup or plug them in internally and test one at a time?

Thanks for the advice.:bounce:

Specs:

2 x Western Digital WD SE WD4000F9YZ 4TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

1 x SANS DIGITAL TR4UTBPN 4Bay USB 3.0 / eSATA Hardware RAID 5 Tower RAID Enclosure

Attached with esata to a pcie esata card.
 

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