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Aspirant

Oct 23, 2021

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Degraded Resync???

I've been adding disks to the ReadyNAS RN628X to complete the array (goal is having 8 identical drives in RAID-6). I managed to get 2 drives ordered recently (I'll call them Disk 6 and Disk 7) and in...

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StephenB
Oct 23, 2021
SysEngJF wrote:

So once the resync is done in the background, everything should go back to normal readouts.

Correct. Let us know if that doesn't happen.

SysEngJF

Aspirant

Oct 23, 2021

I had posted this before realizing I could edit my original post. Please disregard this specific "reply" and (admins) delete if possible. I'm not seeing that option on my end...

Sandshark
Sensei - Experienced User
Oct 23, 2021
With an 8-drive unit, XRAID will automatically convert to RAID6 at that point. It has done that, but has not yet completed re-syncing the second drive. So your volume is degraded because it expects two redundant drives and currently has only one.
- SysEngJF
  Aspirant
  Oct 23, 2021
  I had a feeling it was due to the resync not done. So if I understand you correctly, the disks are okay, and the resync is going on, but the array sees itself as degraded because it's down a drive until the resync is done
  
  So once the resync is done in the background, everything should go back to normal readouts.
  
  Does that about cover it? I guess the reason I've been concerned is because the box's readout is not saying anything other than "DATA DEGRADED"... no switching between different readouts like a resync progress update or anything...
  
  Or did I miss anything?
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 23, 2021
    SysEngJF wrote:
    
    So once the resync is done in the background, everything should go back to normal readouts.
    
    Correct. Let us know if that doesn't happen.