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How long it takes to boot after Replacing 4 HDD in one go
Hi there, I have a RN 104- 4 Bay NAS. I just pull out 4 x 1 TB HDD and replaced with new 4 x 2TB HDD. (I did not reformat or do anything on the new HDD. Just open the bag and plug it in) On...
newtuser wrote:
Once power up, the LED showing "Booting...." and the Act light and Power button are Blinking.
The RAIDar Status showing "System Starting up".
This has been going on for last 2 hours.
Is this normal?
I haven't done this with an RN104, but it sounds excessive to me.
What disk drives are you using (manufacturer/model number)?
Seagate BarraCuda 2TB.
Still going on the same after 3 hours+.
I tried press the power button 3 times. No respond. Press reset button. No respond.
By the way, can I just power it off ? Will it damage the 4 new HDD ?
newtuser wrote:
Seagate BarraCuda 2TB.
Unfortunately that's not a good choice - Seagate switched most Barracudas (including the 2 TB models) to use SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording). https://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/cmr-smr-list/
SMR doesn't work well with ReadyNAS. The issue is that the write speeds are extremely variable (due to the nature of SMR). Seagate (and WD) try to overcome this with a large cache on the disk (and sophisticated caching algorithms), but that doesn't seem to work very well with ZFS and BTRFS file systems.
I suggest exchanging them with the seller for Seagate Ironwolf as the next step.
You might also check the pricing. Four 2 TB Ironwolf drives cost about the same as three 4TB Ironwolf drives (current US Amazon pricing). 3x4TB will give you 2 TB more storage, and also an empty slot to make future expansion easier.
Thanks for the info.
Most crucial now is..
can I just power it off ? Will it damage the 4 new HDD ?
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