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Antsa
Jun 08, 2025Aspirant
Degraded volume after resync
I have a reasonably old RN314 which I have had to fix up some failing drives. Having resynced the volume from one disk to a new hot spare, the volume says it's still degraded. I have tried to pos...
StephenB
Jun 10, 2025Guru - Experienced User
I agree with @Sandshark that you should first back up the data.
The disks are of course old, with sdb showing 10 years of power-on hours (88478). Did you also look at smart_history.log?
I would treat a self-test failure seriously. You could power down the NAS, connect the disks to a PC and check them with WD tools (their current tools is KitFox).
Make sure the NAS remains powered down until you reinsert the disks.
Antsa
Jun 10, 2025Aspirant
Thanks for the replies - yes, backups have been done when I first noticed the disks failing. I've been reluctant to power down in case it never came back. The NAS is pretty much read-only these days, and I keep wondering if I really need to replace it. Probably due to procrasination, I think I'm going to wake up one morning and wonder why my music is no longer playing :)
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