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Disk failure detected.
Hi, I have a new Ultra 4 (running 4.2.16). A few hours after sync finished on the second disk (only two installed) I got a disk failure warning. Both drives in the array were new (they had been in ...
Stay away from these drives is you have a mac os client. I have had 3 replacements ReadyNas and now 8 drive failures within 3 weeks! So its either Netgear or the drive problem, but be better to be safe and stay away from the drive even though its on the compatibility list.
I have had multiple drive failures at the same time... I have tries both current and beta ReadyNAS firmware... Netgear says is a sata problem (thats why they replaced the ReadyNaS).
I eventually thought it was a APF problem, since I only starting experiencing the problems when I introduced a mac mini with Lion OS to the NAS. At that point I used AFP as my sharing preference. Bit after that second last failure I thought maybe it was AFP that was making my drives fail (tried both 4.2.17 and 4.2.19tX) beta). So guess what, I disabled any AFP acess and connected my mac to the nas via nsf. Darn; 12 hours later, and 13 hours later I had 2 more drive failures.
I hope they fix my problems, since I just got this ReadyNAS about a month ago and have had at LEAST 8 drive failures and 3 readyNAS replacement; I'm really worried I will lose all my data (I'm afraid to even back it up since I get failures during backups too).
I really hope this ReadyNAS is not a piece of crap; I am thinking it is not since it only seems to be us mac users having problems with this drive. Netgear I hope you will stand by your product and get me working and if its the drives, I expect you will replace them with another type since I bought them since they were on your compatibility list!
I have had multiple drive failures at the same time... I have tries both current and beta ReadyNAS firmware... Netgear says is a sata problem (thats why they replaced the ReadyNaS).
I eventually thought it was a APF problem, since I only starting experiencing the problems when I introduced a mac mini with Lion OS to the NAS. At that point I used AFP as my sharing preference. Bit after that second last failure I thought maybe it was AFP that was making my drives fail (tried both 4.2.17 and 4.2.19tX) beta). So guess what, I disabled any AFP acess and connected my mac to the nas via nsf. Darn; 12 hours later, and 13 hours later I had 2 more drive failures.
I hope they fix my problems, since I just got this ReadyNAS about a month ago and have had at LEAST 8 drive failures and 3 readyNAS replacement; I'm really worried I will lose all my data (I'm afraid to even back it up since I get failures during backups too).
I really hope this ReadyNAS is not a piece of crap; I am thinking it is not since it only seems to be us mac users having problems with this drive. Netgear I hope you will stand by your product and get me working and if its the drives, I expect you will replace them with another type since I bought them since they were on your compatibility list!
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