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Murriteacher
Mar 04, 2017Follower
Syncing readyNAS 104
I have done a factory reset as my cat pulled the power cable out of the unit. Lost all data! No real problem as I have numerious backups using different media. The system has 4 X 4Tb drives but the...
mdgm-ntgr
Mar 04, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Support could have had a look into that problem before you did the factory reset but there would have been some fees involved. Glad you had a backup.
Have you checked the SMART stats to check for clues of a bad disk?
The initial estimate for how long a sync will take can be a massive overestimate of how long it will take. Is it still showing such a huge amount of time to complete?
Using SSDs would make more sense in a more powerful NAS unit. The RN104 is a cost effective model.
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