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RN21400-100AJS last power state
Hi,
I've just bought a new Readynas RN21400-100AJS.
I was under the impression this was supposed to remember the last power state if there was a power failure.
Last week after the unit had been shut down for some hours we had a power failure. When the power was restored the unit turned on and booted up.
I have a RN212 and it does not turn on when power is restored (assuming it was off before the failure).
Am I wrong or is the RN21400-100AJS misbehaving?
Many thanks,
davidr
davidr1 wrote:
As Netgear over here are out of stock on all NASs I'm not sure how I can get it exchanged. Amazon say they will but the price keeps
A less expensive approach would be to connect the NAS to a UPS (which I think is good practice anyway).
When the NAS is powered off, then the UPS will ensure that the NAS doesn't see a change in the input power. When the NAS is powered on, then it would shut down cleanly if the UPS battery runs out.
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davidr1 wrote:
I was under the impression this was supposed to remember the last power state if there was a power failure.
That is the way it is supposed to work - see page 58 here: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/ReadyNAS_%20OS6_Desktop_HM_EN.pdf
Can you duplicate this by powering down the NAS, and then disconnecting/reconnecting power?
There is a reason for this behavior. If the NAS is on an UPS and the power fails, the NAS will be properly powered down when the battery is low. When the UPS finally shiuts down and then comes back up when power is restored (assuming your UPS does that, not all do), the NAS's last state is "powered off", so it won't come on. There is still a situation where the battery lasts long enough without the load of the NAS that the UPS never shuts down, so the NAS never sees a power cycle and stays off, but that's less likely.
Sandshark wrote:
There is a reason for this behavior. If the NAS is on an UPS and the power fails, the NAS will be properly powered down when the battery is low. When the UPS finally shiuts down and then comes back up when power is restored (assuming your UPS does that, not all do), the NAS's last state is "powered off", so it won't come on.
Yes. But he saw the opposite behavior (his NAS did start up when its last power state was off).
Hi StephenB
Thanks for replying.
Did that before posting and the behaviour is the same..
Also checked the Model No on the rear to make sure it was a 214 and not a 314.
Bough from Amazon, sold by Amazon (Australia).
It is not connected to UPS.
Just as a comment it is very hard to find any Netgeat NAS 21 series or 41 series over here - everywhere is out of stock. Odd.
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