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Readynas Ultra6 horrible experience: 4 drives dead now!
I regret buying a ReadyNas Ultra6. I've had 4 Readynas 4-drive units in the past and they've all performed well. The 6-drive unit has been a total disaster. I had the previous unit replaced by Netge...
Honestly I think you've just had bad luck with drives. Seagate has been struggling with a number of problems and every other drive vendor was slammed by the flooding issue last fall. It would not surprise me if drive quality has faltered through this time period. If those drives work in a different enclosure or system after you pulled them then that's a different story.
Although not acceptable, I suspect there are Linux kernel bugs that a really bad drive can hit to trigger a hang. You should discuss with netgear or have a look at the system messages to see what was going on at the time it hung.
FWIW My Pro-6 has been running 4 unsupported disks for 18 months with no problems and I'm currently running 4.2.21.
Although not acceptable, I suspect there are Linux kernel bugs that a really bad drive can hit to trigger a hang. You should discuss with netgear or have a look at the system messages to see what was going on at the time it hung.
FWIW My Pro-6 has been running 4 unsupported disks for 18 months with no problems and I'm currently running 4.2.21.
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