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NAS Raidar showing flashing yellow light on drive 1
I had a power supply connector burn up at the chassis connection on this unit and upon replacing it and checking things out I notice drive 1 status light in the Raidar app is blinking yellow. I think the unit needed cleaning and overheatedI but I'm not sure. I assume the blinking yellow light means the drive is failing but can't find much in the documentation other than the drive has failed or needs attention. The panel light associated with the same drive is blinking steadily and the activity light is blinking also much like it's syncing data. I can see the data from the unit on my desktop. Can someone tell me if the drive with the blinking yellow light is failing for sure. What does the light look like if the disk is syncing?
Volume status shows it's in recovery and about 80% done. Logs show it has had random errors over the last 3 months and half a dozen failures to contact smtp server which probably explains why I never got a notification it was in trouble. I plan to replace the disk but I wanted to Replace it with a Seagate ST31000340NS but a note says if the firmware level is SN03 or SN04 I have to use Raidiator 4.01. The version I was going to buy is at level SN05. Does that mean I have to use 4.01? Currently using 5.3.13 Not even sure 4.01 is compatible with this NAS.
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Try hovering your mouse over the drive icon, that should give you more status.
So, it's telling you to log into the admin GUI and check more than RAIDar can show you. Look both at interactive indications and the log.
Volume status shows it's in recovery and about 80% done. Logs show it has had random errors over the last 3 months and half a dozen failures to contact smtp server which probably explains why I never got a notification it was in trouble. I plan to replace the disk but I wanted to Replace it with a Seagate ST31000340NS but a note says if the firmware level is SN03 or SN04 I have to use Raidiator 4.01. The version I was going to buy is at level SN05. Does that mean I have to use 4.01? Currently using 5.3.13 Not even sure 4.01 is compatible with this NAS.
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