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NAS Disk Test - Find out how long?
Being new to ReadyNAS there were various things I wanted to know. One of these was the NAS Disk Test, either via boot options, or scheduled volume settings on recent OS. The tests are a SMART Extend...
There are some bugs here.
With spindown enabled, the log said the disk test on my WD60EFRX completed quickly. But what actually happened is that the disk was spun down at that "completion" time. When I ran smartctl the next morning, the test was actually still running.
I disabled spindown and ran the test the next night. This time the actual completion time was logged (about 12 hours).
Netgear says there are some fixes in the works.
With spindown enabled, the log said the disk test on my WD60EFRX completed quickly. But what actually happened is that the disk was spun down at that "completion" time. When I ran smartctl the next morning, the test was actually still running.
I disabled spindown and ran the test the next night. This time the actual completion time was logged (about 12 hours).
Netgear says there are some fixes in the works.
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