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Rohan28
Aspirant
Jan 04, 2019

Volume inactive or dead! (RN204)

Hi   I have a RN204 and it is all of a sudden stating that the Volume is Inactive or Dead. I swapped our one of the volumes and it is still not working. I have a RAID5 setup. Photos below...   ...
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Rohan28
Aspirant
Jan 05, 2019

Thank you JohnCM_S. I will PM you shortly with the log files. I only replaced one of the disks after I received those errors. I am hoping that 2 drives havent failed. I dont have a backup as I assumed (right or wrong) that my RAID 5 covered it. Thanks again 

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 05, 2019
Rohan28 wrote:

 I dont have a backup as I assumed (right or wrong) that my RAID 5 covered it.

Unfortunately RAID isn't enough to keep your data safe.  You still need backups for that.

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