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Drive or ReadyNAS failure? I can't decipher alert...
I've had this ReadyNAS NV+ a long time, and this one has given me no trouble until now. I'm receiving email alerts "Access to the disk on channel (??) is producing I/O errors. Although the array i...
Yikes! Thanks! There are several things you both brought to my attention.
I didn't realize the Load Cycle Counts were that high - most drives are rated for 300,000-600,000, and I thought that number was in the 40,000s, not 400,000s.
Somehow I didn't spot the Current Pending Sector Count on that one drive either.
I also had no idea these drives weren't on the compatibility list - I swear they were when I ordered and installed them (I'm careful about that kind of thing) but they clearly are not. I must have looked in the wrong place, read something that was optimistic about them, or simply misread the list.
I plan to finish backing things up fully, power down, test the drives with Lifeguard, and put compatible drives in the NAS regardless of the result.
I will post back with anything that I find or do so that others can at least refer to this.
I didn't realize the Load Cycle Counts were that high - most drives are rated for 300,000-600,000, and I thought that number was in the 40,000s, not 400,000s.
Somehow I didn't spot the Current Pending Sector Count on that one drive either.
I also had no idea these drives weren't on the compatibility list - I swear they were when I ordered and installed them (I'm careful about that kind of thing) but they clearly are not. I must have looked in the wrong place, read something that was optimistic about them, or simply misread the list.
I plan to finish backing things up fully, power down, test the drives with Lifeguard, and put compatible drives in the NAS regardless of the result.
I will post back with anything that I find or do so that others can at least refer to this.
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