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RN426 Error "Incorrect vdev_list" when making a new volume
Hi I have a new hard disk (WD RED , type WDC WD40EFRX) inserted in my NAS. It is a compatible hard drive. But when I make a new volume with this disk, I get and errormessage saying that the sele...
I found the solution ! The NAS was busy synchronizing a new disk with a existing disk (Raid 1). When this was done, it was possible for me to make a new volume.
Gives me a weird feeling, because disks 1 and 2 were synchronizing, and i would make a new volume on disk 5 !
But ok, problem solved !
Nothing to worry about. Sync can tie up a lot of resources, and two ongoing simultaneously could really tie things up, so it limits you to doing them sequentially. It would be nice if the error message was more informative.
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