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StuBarrett1
Aspirant
Jun 17, 2019
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ReadyNAS Pro will not power on

Please help.   I have a ReadyNAS raid storage unit Business/Pro model RNDP6000 with 6 disk slots.     I returned from vacation to find my AC had quit and the house was very warm.  I used the fron...
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Jun 18, 2019
    StuBarrett1 wrote:

     

     ... the CMOS battery was pulled during the debug process so I lost the CMOS settings. ... Is that equivalent to a "factory reset"?  

    The CMOS battery only keeps the real time clock ticking - which is needed for the power schedule feature.

     

    So you haven't lost anything.

StuBarrett1's avatar
StuBarrett1
Aspirant
Jun 20, 2019

OK, got a new power supply and things look good. Boots and the data is still good!!

 

Thanks for you help!!

 

OK, So I'm going to buy a new ReadyNas since my current one is getting on, and I need to upgrade anyway.  I'm taking Marc_V  advice and buying a RN426 or an RN526 (I'm leaning towards the 526).

 

I've been using HGST UltraStars since they are supposed to be the most reliable but I have seen reccomendations for the Seagate IronWolf NAS drives for being especially suitable for NAS units.  I've looked at the disk compatibility informaton and both types are supported, but I was looking for a thread that discusses the different quality of NAS specific drives and cound not find one (search failure?).  I was wondering if such a discussion (or other source) would help me make an informed choice?

 

Thanks, Stu

 

  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 21, 2019
    StuBarrett1 wrote:

    I did find this resource: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-for-2018/

     

    Is there any discussions on this forum?

     

    There have been some discussions on drive choices.  BackBlaze is a reasonable source, but it is important to keep in mind that their pods are quite different from most NAS.

     

    I don't recommend desktop drives - NAS-purposed or enterprise drives are better choices.

     

    Personally I use WDC Red drives (though I have a couple 1 TB Ironwolf drives also).  Generally speaking, there aren't a lot of issues reported with either WDC Red or Ironwolf posted here (though I have noticed two or three posters seeing some failures with the WD60EFRX lately - including me).

     

     

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