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carpii
Aug 26, 2012Tutor
Multiple failing Seagate Barracuda ST32000542AS
I bought 3 ReadyNAS (over the course of 5 months), and populated them all with identical Seagate Barracuda's They are the Barracuda LP ST32000542AS model, on the HCL and I chose these because there w...
mdgm-ntgr
Aug 26, 2012NETGEAR Employee Retired
What SMART errors exactly are they getting and what's the count like?
You can power down the NAS, remove the disks (label order), connect them to an internal SATA port in your PC and run a long/extended (can't remember what it's called) SeaTools test on the drives.
Another option would be to run the "Disk Test" boot option: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu
You can power down the NAS, remove the disks (label order), connect them to an internal SATA port in your PC and run a long/extended (can't remember what it's called) SeaTools test on the drives.
Another option would be to run the "Disk Test" boot option: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu
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