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Readynas 1500 factory reset and other problems
Hello from Germany! I try to bring my old RD1500 back to life. Now 4 x 500GB HDDs are installed and since more than 2h raidar shows "HDD test running" Im using the german Raidar 6.5.0 and the co...
Peter_Muss wrote:
RAIDar shows only two drives - in bay 2 and 3 - while frontview reports four drives.
I cant create a new volume. What to do in this case?
One aspect is the age of the drives (2007-2008).
- Have you downloaded the log zip file and looked in there for problems?
- Is the NAS set up to run XRAID? (likely it is, if you didn't change that during the factory reset - and that requires RAIDar 4.3.8).
BTW, RAIDar 4.3.8 should run if you have a compatible Java JRE. A link to one that works it here:
It sounds like the NAS is running into errors on the other two drives, making the drive test take a long time and making them unavailable for volume creation.
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