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Drive failed, replaced - but does not resync
I have a readynas pro, 5 drives in dual drive redundancy...had 3 show smart sector errors - so was going to replace one at a time. I put a new drive in the open slot #3 (thinking it would be a hot...
When you added the 6th disk the NAS would have tried to add it to the volume if you are using xraid. If you are using flexraid then you could have specified the 6th disk as a hot spare. It doesn't sound like you have flexraid set up though, do you?
The normal procedure for replacing a disk in a volume is to remove a disk that you want to replace and insert the new disk into the same slot ( both with the NAS on.)
Could you look at your volume information and post exactly what it tells you on that tab.
What size disks were in the NAS when you started and what size disks have you inserted into slots 3,4, and 1?
As I read you now have six disks in.
Also what are the smart attributes of the disks (reallocated and pending sectors)?
What firmware are you running?
The normal procedure for replacing a disk in a volume is to remove a disk that you want to replace and insert the new disk into the same slot ( both with the NAS on.)
Could you look at your volume information and post exactly what it tells you on that tab.
What size disks were in the NAS when you started and what size disks have you inserted into slots 3,4, and 1?
As I read you now have six disks in.
Also what are the smart attributes of the disks (reallocated and pending sectors)?
What firmware are you running?
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