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ReadyNAS NV+ blinking blue and green LEDs
My ReadyNAS NV+ has developed a fault. The blue power LED is flashing at inverals of about once per second, and one of the two HD LEDs is flashing at the same rate. I can ping the ReadyNAS, but I...
MInDev wrote:
Assuming I go down this route and acquire another 1TB drive, is it best to leave the ReadyNAS powered on with the existing drive connected when I plug it in the new drive to begin the RAID creation process?
I do recommend doing a hot-insert (with the NAS running). The benefit of doing a hot-insert or a hot-swap is that the NAS detects exactly what is happening. If you do it with the NAS powered down, then it needs to figure out what changed.
Though doing it powered down generally does work too.
That is the usual sign for a failed drive. But something more is going on since you can't get status from RAIDar.
I'm assuming the two drives are the only ones you have installed, since you don't mention any others.
Your best course of action is to test each of the drives using a PC and manufacture's drive test tool. If that is not an option, you could try booting with each drive individually.
You are correct the SMR drives are not the best choice for RAID. However, the file system of your older NAS will put up with it better than the BTRFS used on current ReadyNAS, though re-sync time will be affected.
Thank you very much for replying. My apologies, I should have clarified that the ReadyNAS has only two disks installed, both of 1TB capacity.
I also have an external drive connected to the ReadyNAS, and a nightly backup keeps the content synced.
I could try sourcing drive test tools for the disks. Currently I don't even remember what make and model they are.
Regarding booting from the drives, forgive my ignorance, but do you mean taking them out of the ReadyNAS and connecting them to my PC, and then booting from each drive from there? Or removing each drive in turn from the ReadyNAS, and then attempting to restart it?
I appreciate the note about SMR drives, I wish I'd done more research at the time, but perhaps I can make do with these ones. I'm not worried about performance, the ReadyNAS isn't used intensively. I just want it to be reliable.
MInDev wrote:
Regarding booting from the drives, forgive my ignorance, but do you mean taking them out of the ReadyNAS and connecting them to my PC, and then booting from each drive from there? Or removing each drive in turn from the ReadyNAS, and then attempting to restart it?
Removing each drive in turn from the ReadyNAS (powered down), anad then powering it up.
It's fine to keep the disks in there current slots (trying to boot up with disk 2 in slot 2, and slot 1 empty).
Thank you StephenB for the detailed explanation, I will try that now and then reply with my results.
Edit: it's refusing to respond to holding down the power button for 5 seconds. So I'm resorting to a power button switch off.
Update. OK, I removed the disk from slot 1, and left the disk in slot 2 connected, then powered the device back on.
Helpfully the LCD display is readable, and after spending several moments saying only "booting..." it now says:
"booting... Found bad disk"
So that seems to confirm it. What's the best sequence for moving forward from here (of reinserting disks / device powered off / on when doing so)? I am a bit concerned about this SMR scenario. The dead drive is a Seagate Barracuda 1TB with model number (I think) ST31000520AS. The second drive is a WD Red 1TB WD10EFRX.
Thank you again
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