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ReadyNAS Duo Rnd2210 locks up just a few seconds after bootup is complete.
I tried looking for answers first but the only other similar thing I found was from 2013 and sadly what I read there did not help. Short version: I ended up helping a friend of my dad's with some...
Also go into "turn windows features on or off" in the PC (assuming Windows 10 or 11) and make sure that the CIFS 1/SMB client is enabled there.
Sandshark wrote:
It may be useful to see the NAS status with RAIDAR (see ReadyNAS-Downloads ).
If RAIDar gives you an IP address, you could also try entering \\nas-ip-address in the file explorer address bar, and see if it gives you a share list. If it does, then click on the shares and copy off the data.
Alright, so here is the updated situation as of right now:
I installed RAIDar (and Java because apparently they use that) and the readyNAS behaved very strangely. I noticed it said something about syncing 0% with -99 minutes until completion. Both hard drives had green lights but HDD2 when I hovered over it said it had 4200 errors.
I did some googling around and found that it should still be able to boot up with just a single drive so I removed the one showing errors and booted it up. I now have "stable" access to the NAS but it is still showing odd behaviour such as being very slow. I am currently in the process of backing up everything on the drive in case something goes even worse and the speed keeps jumping between 10Mb/s and then down to 0, stays at 0 for 30 seconds, then jumps back up. On and off, on and off. Once everything is recovered it might be prudent to do a full reset on it anyway.
Finally there is the question of the broken drive. If we wanted to replace the damaged drive is there anything that needs to be considered or done other than getting one of a suitable size and plugging it in?
Kalabin86 wrote:
Finally there is the question of the broken drive. If we wanted to replace the damaged drive is there anything that needs to be considered or done other than getting one of a suitable size and plugging it in?
Of course there is the question of which drive model. I suggest a NAS-purposed CMR drive. For example, Seagate Ironwolf or WD Red Plus. I don't recommend WD Reds, as the current Red drives are all SMR.
Kalabin86 wrote:I am currently in the process of backing up everything on the drive in case something goes even worse and the speed keeps jumping between 10Mb/s and then down to 0, stays at 0 for 30 seconds, then jumps back up. On and off, on and off. Once everything is recovered it might be prudent to do a full reset on it anyway.
Given the glacial speeds, it might be prudent to replace both drives. Or at least test this one in a PC with the vendor tools (seatools for seagate, lifeguard or dashboard for western digital). I suggest doing a full non-destructive read test at least. You could add a full write-zeros/erase test - which of course implies a full reset.
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