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WD20EARX - NV+ v1 - Dead drive?
Hi I've been using my Netgear NV+ 4000 v1 for a month and so far have been happy with it. However, last night I received a dead drive error on slot 1. The drives are 2x WD Green 2TB - WDC WD20E...
Have you checked the network stats? Also if you use ReadyDLNA or have had the NAS a long time, you might want to enable ssh and look at the free space on the OS partition. It is possible to move the ReadyDLNA database to the C volume, which can save quite a bit of OS space.
If you do go ahead with the drive replacement (definitely expensive to do all at once!) you might consider rebuilding the NAS from scratch, and restoring the data from the dlink. Keeping the original drives intact gives you a fallback if something goes wrong - and since you have some evidence that writes can cause freezes/lockups - doing 6 resyncs might be risky. Also, I suggest going with fewer/larger drives - perhaps 4x3TB. Often that is cheaper, and it gives you more expansion options.
If you do go ahead with the drive replacement (definitely expensive to do all at once!) you might consider rebuilding the NAS from scratch, and restoring the data from the dlink. Keeping the original drives intact gives you a fallback if something goes wrong - and since you have some evidence that writes can cause freezes/lockups - doing 6 resyncs might be risky. Also, I suggest going with fewer/larger drives - perhaps 4x3TB. Often that is cheaper, and it gives you more expansion options.
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