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Luminary

Aug 16, 2016

Balancing takes weeks to complete

My RN204 running 6.05.01 with 3x 4TB and 1 2TB disk was running at about 80+% full between data and snapshots (even though I was only using about 4 TB for my data). I tried to do a balance, and aft...

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StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Aug 16, 2016

mdgm wrote:

Running it every day is way more than enough and unnecessary.

Agreed. I run it once a quarter, and it completes pretty quickly (the last one completed in 30 minutes). Perhaps start with once a week, and then try once a month and see if the completion time stays low.

Laserbait

Luminary

Aug 16, 2016

I was doing the balance every month, but I have a lot of change data going to the RN204 (daily backups from my computers using Veeam with a 5 day retention), so in my case, I think the balance needs to be done more.

JennC
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Aug 18, 2016
Hello Lasebait,

You might want to see this article too: ReadyNAS OS 6: An overview of relevant scheduled maintenance tasks available

Regards,
JohnRo
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Aug 22, 2016
Hi Laserbait,

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If your issue is now resolved we encourage you to mark the appropriate reply as the “Accepted Solution” so others can be confident in benefiting from the solution. The Netgear community looks forward to hearing from you and being a helpful resource in the future!

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- Laserbait
  Luminary
  Aug 24, 2016
  Unfortunately, I have not had a chance to really see, as my RN20400 died shortly after this.
  - JennC
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Aug 24, 2016
    Hello Laserbait,
    
    If it died then it needs to be replaced. I checked your profile and found that you have already contacted support and replacement has been processed.
    
    Regards,