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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 thin...
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.
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.
Sandshark wrote:
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.
That of course is a good idea. Though you will see resync status if you hover the mouse over the disk icon in RAIDar.
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.
If the compatibility list says you need RAIDiator 4.01 (which should say "or greater"), you are looking at the wrong list (for the Duo, where yours is a DuoV2 if it runs OS5.x). But the compatibility lists for the legacy models have not been updated in years, so don't think you need to stick with those older model drives. It is recommended you stay away from "green" drives, and NAS purposed and enterprise drives are best.
Sandshark wrote:
But the compatibility lists for the legacy models have not been updated in years, so don't think you need to stick with those older model drives. It is recommended you stay away from "green" drives, and NAS purposed and enterprise drives are best.
Normally I recommend NAS-purposed drives for your particular NAS. That includes Seagate Ironwolf and Western Digital Reds.
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