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ReadyNAS NV+ Seems to be missing files which show in Directory
Hi, I have the ReadyNAS NV+ [X-RAID] which I think is the original (slower) virsion. Recently I have noticed that it is saying that it cannot find some files. they are in the directory but it canno...
Thanks for your very comprehensive reply. Sorry not to come back before.
I have been trying to delete files to perhaps get it working again but as it can't find many of the files to even delete them it is not helping. So far I have got it down to 85%. I thought perhaps it could rebuild the directory as if it had a disk change but cannot see where that would be in the Radiator Interface.
Looking with Explorer most of the shares have disapeared but in Radiator they are still there and browsing with RAIDar which just uses Explorer they appear again. So all very strange..
So I may have to abandon retreiving the data and hope that what I have backed up is sufficient and reformat the whole lot and load less back on.
What is the best way to do that?
Hi Again,
I have spent the day deleting any files I had backed up which the nas would allow me to do and slowly crept back to 84% and now I seem to have access to everything I have tried to access. I will be buying a new NAS eventually but obviously it is not so urgent. I live in France and the prices here are at least 30% up on the UK but none of the suppliers that I have found will ship to France so I will have to get a friend to bring it over to save about £200
by the look of it. Do the new NAS's have the same overhead in that 8Tb on my present one leaves 5.4Tb usable. But I suppose 3Tb disks are not that more thab 2Tb so with the RN214 I could get 12Tb. Many people suggest the WD Red disks, are they a good choice?
Oh, another strange thing I found was that if I browse the contents using \\NAS-name\ it couldn't see or access all the files but using the address \\10.0.1.3\ it could!
Anyway, thanks again, tonight I will be updating my backup!!!!
StevenJay wrote:
Do the new NAS's have the same overhead in that 8Tb on my present one leaves 5.4Tb usable.
The capacity rule for XRAID is "sum the disks and subtract the largest". This is actually the best you can do and still provide protection against a single disk failure.
So if you are running 4x2TB you end up with a 6 TB volume.
But that is using the disk manufacturer's units for storage -> 1000*1000*1000*1000 bytes is one 1 TB. The NAS (like Windows) uses different units -> 1024*1024*1024*1024 bytes is one TiB. Unfortunately it still labels that as TB. 6 TB is the same as 5.46 TiB.
StevenJay wrote:
Many people suggest the WD Red disks, are they a good choice?
I use WD Red disks myself, and I do recommend them. Seagate Ironwolf drives are another good choice.
StevenJay wrote:
Oh, another strange thing I found was that if I browse the contents using \\NAS-name\ it couldn't see or access all the files but using the address \\10.0.1.3\ it could!
That does happen sometimes, and I have no good explanation as to why.
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