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ReadyNAS 316 - RN31600 Resync - How do I start from scratch?
Hi Community, I have a RN31600 6 bay with 6x 8TB disks. One failed and was replaced. Volume was lost which is not a problem as I can replace all the lost data.Configuration was RAID 5 with no Spare Drive.Disks are Seagate Ironwolf NAS disks and faulty one replaced with a Toshiba HAS disks.
My problem is even after replacing the drive, I now want to reformat and reconfigure the NAS from scratch and setup a RAID 5 with a 5 disk configuration with 1x spare disk to use in the event of another disk failure but even after a Factory reset, the system is is re-syncing (36 hours) and does not give me any option to start as if it is a new device and give me any options for this.
In South Africa we have a huge problem with electricity (Lodadshedding) and have sometimes 3 to 4 power cuts per day ranging from 2, 4 and sometimes 6 hours a day. The NAS has to be switched off before Loadshedding and it continues when power is switched on again.
This Syncing will take me a month or more to complete before I actually can see what I can do or re-configure the system.
Please - is there any way the device can be reset to bypass the Syncing and to "start from scratch"?
I even removed all the disks and Low Level formatted them to see if this could help, but no, it re-syncs when switched on again.
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Murtu wrote:
Please - is there any way the device can be reset to bypass the Syncing and to "start from scratch"?
Even a fresh ReadyNAS install will sync.
I am thinking you do have a backup plan in place, as you can replace all the data.
One option you might consider is going with 5 jbod volumes instead. Since there is no RAID, there is no sync. You would need to balance the storage (placing some shares on each volume, keeping adequate free space on each).
Then when a disk fails, you would need to create a new volume, and restore that volume (but not the rest) from backup.
Thanks a mil for the advice, I will just have to wait for the re-sync to complete its process and then see what I can or cannot do.
Have a blessed day.
If you don't care about anything on the current volume, just shut the NAS down and power it back on using the reset-button menu to do a Factory Default. As StephenB said, it will still have to sync. Normally, however, the volume is accessible during sync, but doing so will slow down the sync and the access is also slow.
I'm not sure why you would want to go with a configuration of a 5-drive RAID5 with a spare instead of RAID6 using all 6 drives. Five and a spare means the unit will immediately go into re-sync if a drive fails, during which it will be susceptible to complete volume failure if another drive fails or if the power is improperly cut. RAID6 will still have redundancy when a drive is lost, so you control the re-sync based on when you replace the drive. And it's more tolerant of other issues during the re-sync.
RAID is more about continued accessibility than backup. So if accessibility while you restore a failed JBOB volume isn't a concern, StephenB's suggestion of multiple JBOD volumes is another option that may be better for your use case.
I certainly hope you have an UPS installed and monitored by the NAS. While it probably won't hold the NAS up through your power interruptions, it will properly shut it down instead of the outage basically just "pulling the plug".
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