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Dead Disk.. but not really
Does anybody have the same problem? So far this has happened twice to me: brand new Ultra6. I get the message that Disk1 (also brand new, no SMART errors etc) is dead (out of 4 disks with dual redu...
Hi Chris_S,
1. Don't use the HDD which has ATA errors,
2. when insert a new disk, ReadyNAS will do disk testing firstly, if it is fail, system won't do resync.
3. Replace a HDD, then cold boot ReadyNAS, system doesn't do sync if the HDD have other system partitions, it prevent user insert a wrong HDD and protect data in it, it can sync if there is not partitions on the HDD.
so you had better hot replace the HDD when system is on.
1. Don't use the HDD which has ATA errors,
2. when insert a new disk, ReadyNAS will do disk testing firstly, if it is fail, system won't do resync.
3. Replace a HDD, then cold boot ReadyNAS, system doesn't do sync if the HDD have other system partitions, it prevent user insert a wrong HDD and protect data in it, it can sync if there is not partitions on the HDD.
so you had better hot replace the HDD when system is on.
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