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ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Drive Upgrading
I have a ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition running RAIDiator 4.2.24. It is loaded with 6 x 2TB drives running in X-RAID2 mode. I have been running this setup for a couple of years. Can I upgrade one ...
"-With dual redundancy, you will need to install 4 drives of the larger size to see any increase."
That is worse than I thought, oh well.
Nice to know I could go to Volume of 16TB without having to reset.
However will have to decide soon. currently NAS is rebuilding after changing failed Disk1 yesterday, today i get this log message;
"ATA error count has increased in the last day. Disk 2: Previous count: 0 Current count: 188 Reallocated sector count has increased in the last day. Disk 3: Previous count: 0 Current count: 13 Reallocated sector count has increased in the last day. Disk 6: Previous count: 672 Current count: 680 Growing SMART errors indicate a disk that may fail soon. If the errors continue to increase, you should be prepared to replace the disk."
Strange so many of the drives are failing at the same time. A few of the drives in the NAS have already been replaced by Seagate under warranty. They don't seem to last long. Will use NAS drives next time. I assume they are worth it? I also assume Seagate and WD are same / same and one is not better than the other.
EDIT: just checked the comparability list and segate nas drives not listed. WD red up to 3TB....
That is worse than I thought, oh well.
Nice to know I could go to Volume of 16TB without having to reset.
However will have to decide soon. currently NAS is rebuilding after changing failed Disk1 yesterday, today i get this log message;
"ATA error count has increased in the last day. Disk 2: Previous count: 0 Current count: 188 Reallocated sector count has increased in the last day. Disk 3: Previous count: 0 Current count: 13 Reallocated sector count has increased in the last day. Disk 6: Previous count: 672 Current count: 680 Growing SMART errors indicate a disk that may fail soon. If the errors continue to increase, you should be prepared to replace the disk."
Strange so many of the drives are failing at the same time. A few of the drives in the NAS have already been replaced by Seagate under warranty. They don't seem to last long. Will use NAS drives next time. I assume they are worth it? I also assume Seagate and WD are same / same and one is not better than the other.
EDIT: just checked the comparability list and segate nas drives not listed. WD red up to 3TB....
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