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Changing HDD 2x 6TB
Hi there,
I tried to change my disks (before 3 TB) and bought two WD Red 6 TB.
First I changed disk 2 (take off the old one an put in the new). It seemed to me, that the synchronisation works. It took about 4 hours.
Then I changed disk 1 .
Both blue lights are on, but it doesn´t synchronize. I see the NAS in the explorer, but I can´t reach the data.
Is 6 TB too much?
Was the way of changing the disks wrong.
I need help. Thank you in advance.
Dedi
It works!!!!!
Thank you for your help. It was a hard way to change the disks and without your helf .....:smileysad:
I summarize what I´ve learned:
1. Never ever change a disk if you aren´t VERY SHURE that the synchronisation is ready!
2. Always change the disk, when the NAS is working (hot swapping)!
3. Reboot in case of little errors.
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Welcome to the Community!
You did right on changing the disks one by one and having them finish re-sync before replacing another. Have you had any warnings or errors before you changed the disks? What does RAIDar show when checking the status of the NAS? Kindly send in the logs through PM so we can check.
HTH
Regards
Hi Marc,
thank you for your answer. (My english is not very good, so I´m not shure whether I understand you. Ok, let´s try :-)
I got no warnings
RAIDar is a special software, right? I downloaded and extracted ....but what to do now?? No *exe!!??
When I call the NAS in my Browser the system info says "Volume scan failed to tun properly" and (in german) "the paths to the shares can´t be found. This happens when ReadyNAS coundn´t reach the volume".
Does it matter whether the disks are in shaft 1 or 2 (I changed first 2 and than 1)?
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