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Beeeping plus - please advise quickly
Hi folks, ReadyNas Duo. All has been fine, but just started beeping. Once - a few seconds later and again. A little later three times, etc. I checked Raidar and Raidiator and all shows fine. Temps....
What drives are you running now (size and model). Also, do you know what firmware version you are running?
Start by labeling the two drives. If you don't have a backup, then fire it up and make one (buying a 2 TB USB backup drive if you need one). If you have a gigabit network, then backing it up over your network to a PC is fastest. Teracopy is a reasonable utility if you do this by drag-and-drop, as it has a way to verify the copy. I use robocopy, but am quite ok with windows command lines.
Also back up the config to your PC using Frontview, and take a note of the add-ons you installed. Once that is taken care of, then take the next steps.
If you have an SATA/USB adapter (or a USB drive shell), you can power up each drive individually, and test it with vendor tools on a PC (Seatools for Seagate, WD Lifeguard for WD). The test will likely pass, but it should also provoke the failing drive to make the beeping sound.
Start by labeling the two drives. If you don't have a backup, then fire it up and make one (buying a 2 TB USB backup drive if you need one). If you have a gigabit network, then backing it up over your network to a PC is fastest. Teracopy is a reasonable utility if you do this by drag-and-drop, as it has a way to verify the copy. I use robocopy, but am quite ok with windows command lines.
Also back up the config to your PC using Frontview, and take a note of the add-ons you installed. Once that is taken care of, then take the next steps.
If you have an SATA/USB adapter (or a USB drive shell), you can power up each drive individually, and test it with vendor tools on a PC (Seatools for Seagate, WD Lifeguard for WD). The test will likely pass, but it should also provoke the failing drive to make the beeping sound.
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