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erynhopekb
Follower
Sep 01, 2015

Bad Drive Replaced, Not Resyncing

I have a four drive ReadyNAS in a RAID5 array. I replaced a failing hard drive this morning but the array is not resyncing. It's using xraid and firmware 6.1.9, drives 1,3, & 4 are blue and drive 2 (...
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S_Lee
Aspirant
Sep 08, 2015

I will have my tech pull the drive out again and use the WD Lifeguard to test it tomorrow morning (he's already gone for the day).

 

No we have not rebooted the ReadyNAS yet.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 09, 2015
S_Lee wrote:

I will have my tech pull the drive out again and use the WD Lifeguard to test it tomorrow morning (he's already gone for the day).

 

No we have not rebooted the ReadyNAS yet.

I agree a reboot is good idea.

 

Often removing and then reinserting the drive works as well.  

 

I believe the NAS uses the SMART self-test, so make sure that one is run (its also the shortest).

 

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    S_Lee
    Aspirant
    Sep 09, 2015

    Ran diagnostics using Western Digital Lifeguard - Bad Sectors detected.

    Replacement Drive is DOA.

     

    Will contact Support and get another replacement RMA.  Hopefully the next one will work.

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