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ReadyNAS Pro disk in bay 5 keeps failing [17175701]
This has been driving me insane. When I try to copy a LOT of files off the ReadyNAS one of the disks starts reporting as failed. It seems to be either channel 5 or channel 2. I've replaced the f...
I have two NVX units with matching disk sizes. However, I could probably get by with a little less space as I am only using a little over 2TB of the 4.5TB available (2x3TB + 2x2TB). You could certainly go with an Ultra 6 with enough drive space to cover your current data needs and then add or increase the drives as needed.
You currently have 4x2TB and 2x1TB drives. When or if you do a factory reset, if you reset with 3x2TB and 2x1TB drives you will have a net volume of about 5.6TB which means that you will be about 31% usage of the available space. (I am at 39% and was at about 60% before upgrading two of my drive to 3TB) Adding an Ultra 4 (RNDU4220-100NAS) with 2x2TB drive ($716 on Newegg) and adding the 2TB removed from your Pro would give you a net volume on the Ultra 4 of about 3.7TB and your data would be about 45%. You could then work over time on replacing the 3x2TB drives in your Ultra 4 with 4x3TB (net volume of 8.4TB) and move the 3x2TB from the Ultra 4 to the Pro which would give you a net volume of about 9.3TB. (4x2TB in the Ultra 4 and 3x2TB + 2x1TB in the Pro would both have about the same net volume of 5.5-5.6TB).
You might want to buy a spare 2TB in all of this as well - just in case.
The Ultra 4 will not be quite as fast as the Pro, about 10% slower. Of course you could purchase the Ultra 4 and a spare 2TB or 3TB (3TB is about $50 more right now, but until it had a second 3TB for redundancy, it would only have 2TB available) you could restore your data and use it while you are getting the Pro back on line (hopefully before long). Normally it is cheaper to buy a unit diskless and add the drives, but right now the drives have gone up, but the units with drives pre-installed have not yet gone up by as much, but that could change in days.
Multiple units and different drive sizes brings on a sort of chinese fire drill with drives. My NVX units started with 4x1TB in both, then I upgraded one drive to 3TB in one unit, then a second drive was upgrade, then I started upgrading the second NAS. I also allow a good week or more after upgrading one NAS before I touch the second, just to make sure everything is stable and operating normally.
You currently have 4x2TB and 2x1TB drives. When or if you do a factory reset, if you reset with 3x2TB and 2x1TB drives you will have a net volume of about 5.6TB which means that you will be about 31% usage of the available space. (I am at 39% and was at about 60% before upgrading two of my drive to 3TB) Adding an Ultra 4 (RNDU4220-100NAS) with 2x2TB drive ($716 on Newegg) and adding the 2TB removed from your Pro would give you a net volume on the Ultra 4 of about 3.7TB and your data would be about 45%. You could then work over time on replacing the 3x2TB drives in your Ultra 4 with 4x3TB (net volume of 8.4TB) and move the 3x2TB from the Ultra 4 to the Pro which would give you a net volume of about 9.3TB. (4x2TB in the Ultra 4 and 3x2TB + 2x1TB in the Pro would both have about the same net volume of 5.5-5.6TB).
You might want to buy a spare 2TB in all of this as well - just in case.
The Ultra 4 will not be quite as fast as the Pro, about 10% slower. Of course you could purchase the Ultra 4 and a spare 2TB or 3TB (3TB is about $50 more right now, but until it had a second 3TB for redundancy, it would only have 2TB available) you could restore your data and use it while you are getting the Pro back on line (hopefully before long). Normally it is cheaper to buy a unit diskless and add the drives, but right now the drives have gone up, but the units with drives pre-installed have not yet gone up by as much, but that could change in days.
Multiple units and different drive sizes brings on a sort of chinese fire drill with drives. My NVX units started with 4x1TB in both, then I upgraded one drive to 3TB in one unit, then a second drive was upgrade, then I started upgrading the second NAS. I also allow a good week or more after upgrading one NAS before I touch the second, just to make sure everything is stable and operating normally.
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