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Disk failed - re-synced, disk failed again - do i really need to replace the disk?
Can anyone help me make sense of this. 2 of my disks have been reported failures in the past week. I've ONLY just begun to use Chronosync to now back up my computer files to it. (There are a lot of ...
jamminontoast wrote:
The 2 problem disk are just general hard drives me thinks.
ST2000DL003 -9VT166.
These are Seagate "Green" drives. Seagate Ironwolf (or WDC Red drives) are better choices for NAS use.
I'd replace disk 4 now.
If you don't have a backup of your NAS files, then you should take care of that without delay.
The 2 problem disk are just general hard drives me thinks.
ST2000DL003 -9VT166.
I'll purchase a cradle and do a test the next time it fails.. thanks for the advice.
jamminontoast wrote:
The 2 problem disk are just general hard drives me thinks.
ST2000DL003 -9VT166.
These are Seagate "Green" drives. Seagate Ironwolf (or WDC Red drives) are better choices for NAS use.
I'd replace disk 4 now.
If you don't have a backup of your NAS files, then you should take care of that without delay.
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