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Retired_Member
Sep 18, 2017
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adding hard drie

ReadyNAS 4312x (not in the "Model Recommended" above)

I have Six 10TB Hard drives, X-RAID setup

 

I am trying to add a 10TB (HGST model HUH721010ALE600) hard drive, the log shows it adds the drive...then about 5 minutes later it removes the drive.

 

Did I just get a bad hard drive? (as I have never expanded this and it should be "easy")

 

 

 

  • Retired_Member's avatar
    Retired_Member
    Oct 11, 2017

    I finally got the replacement HGST drive, and the syncing started and no issues.  THe sync will take awhile, but i received a bad hard drive.

     

    *I will not purchase another HGST drive.  I purchased the drive on Amazon, but sold by overstockus.  HGST will not cover the Warranty and says I must go through overstockus.  I cannot call anyone at overstockus, as I can only fill out the RMA and mail off the hard drive.  In about 1 week I get an email that the replacment drive has been shipped....but takes another week to arrive.   Can anyone see the issue?  Even worse in my case, the first hard drive I received was bad,  good thing I was in Raid 6 and no other hard drive crashed.   

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  • Retired_Member's avatar
    Retired_Member

    I finally got the replacement HGST drive, and the syncing started and no issues.  THe sync will take awhile, but i received a bad hard drive.

     

    *I will not purchase another HGST drive.  I purchased the drive on Amazon, but sold by overstockus.  HGST will not cover the Warranty and says I must go through overstockus.  I cannot call anyone at overstockus, as I can only fill out the RMA and mail off the hard drive.  In about 1 week I get an email that the replacment drive has been shipped....but takes another week to arrive.   Can anyone see the issue?  Even worse in my case, the first hard drive I received was bad,  good thing I was in Raid 6 and no other hard drive crashed.   

  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User

    What firmware are you running?  

     

    Is XRAID in single redundancy (volume size about 45 TiB) or dual (volume size about 36 TiB)?

    • Retired_Member's avatar
      Retired_Member

      Firmware 6.8.0

       

      36.36TB total space.

      • StephenB's avatar
        StephenB
        Guru - Experienced User

        You could download the log zip file, and see if you find any useful errors.

         

        For instance, see if smart_history.log has an entry with the right serial number.  Also, you might look in rn_expand.log.

         

        If you can test the disk in a Windows PC with the vendor diag, that might also help isolate this.  I believe Western Digital's Lifeguard software supports their HGST line.

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