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Aspirant

Jul 20, 2016

ReadyNAS 102 6.5.1 Upgrade Issues

My set up is a ReadyNAS 102 using a powered Seagate 2TB SRD00F2 USB drive for backup. Firmware was 6.4.2. This had worked flawlessly for many months, maybe a year. The ReadyNAS is less than 40% used ...

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Pierre57

Aspirant

Jul 21, 2016

Thanks for the reply BrianL.

It would be useful to know what the error is, and how it could be fixed thanks.

The eSATA drives have all been NTFS 2.5inch drives. The lack of any "whirring" makes me think the drives aren't spinning up so I am thinking it may be a power issue. Does the ReadyNAS provide power through the eSATA PORT?

Pierre

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Jul 22, 2016

Pierre57 wrote:

Does the ReadyNAS provide power through the eSATA PORT?

No. There is a variant of eSATA called eSATAp that includes power. But normal eSATA doesn't provide power, and that is what the NAS uses.

Pierre57
Aspirant
Jul 22, 2016
Ok, thanks StephenB.

Any further thoughts on the error message?

As backups seem to be robust again, I am thinking of resetting the drive and restoring from the backups. I am not sure I trust the ReadyNAS when it is showing an error, but based on the time it took to reinstate the backups, a restore will take ages.

Pierre
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Jul 25, 2016
  I have no thoughts on the error message.
  
  Does the data on the NAS look ok?
  - Pierre57
    Aspirant
    Jul 25, 2016
    StephenB wrote:
    I have no thoughts on the error message.
    
    Does the data on the NAS look ok?
    Does anyone have an idea what the error means?
    
    I would have though there is more chance that error numbers are documented, than being able to vouch for the integrity of 700GB of data?
    
    Pierre