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3 drive failures in 3 weeks
Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice. I have a Netgear ReadyNas Ultra 6 configured as RAID 5 which originally had 3 2Tb drives in it. Then an X appeared in the LCD display for drive 3, so I rep...
Have you tested the drives with vendor tools - the ones that failed?
Did you test the new drives before you inserted them?
Is the unit still under warranty?
Have you got a backup?
What have Netgear told you was the problem - was it simply disk failure or are then indications of another hardware problem?
I suspect you will say there were just disk failures in which case you have been extremely unlucky. There shouldn't be any problem using the nas in this case.
Make sure you have a backup - if there is actually a bigger problem it may recur.
If the unit is under warranty I'd ask the question of Netgear - Are you satisfied that my chassis is 100%?
Did you test the new drives before you inserted them?
Is the unit still under warranty?
Have you got a backup?
What have Netgear told you was the problem - was it simply disk failure or are then indications of another hardware problem?
I suspect you will say there were just disk failures in which case you have been extremely unlucky. There shouldn't be any problem using the nas in this case.
Make sure you have a backup - if there is actually a bigger problem it may recur.
If the unit is under warranty I'd ask the question of Netgear - Are you satisfied that my chassis is 100%?
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