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Disk Failure Detected...
I've recently purchased a ReadyNAS Ultra 6 along with 6 2 Tb Seagate ST2000DL003 disks (which are on the HCL). I've set up the NAS in a dual redundancy X-RAID2 configuration and have starting copyi...
CitizenPlain: Yes, that looks like a good summary. I am also using Time Machine.
My conversations with tech support weren't enormously helpful... the guy reccomended:
1. Running the ReadyNAS extended disk test (passed)
2. Running SeaTools long drive test on each disk (they all passed)
3. Reinstalling the OS (done)
Since I followed these steps, I haven't _yet_ had any further problems... though I'm reluctant to say that the issue is fixed because it seems to me that none of the above steps _ought_ to fix the problem.
Since then I have also installed the new firmware update (RAIDiator-x86 4.2.16).
I have tried to do some fairly large file transfers, but haven't yet managed to make the problem reappear.
My conversations with tech support weren't enormously helpful... the guy reccomended:
1. Running the ReadyNAS extended disk test (passed)
2. Running SeaTools long drive test on each disk (they all passed)
3. Reinstalling the OS (done)
Since I followed these steps, I haven't _yet_ had any further problems... though I'm reluctant to say that the issue is fixed because it seems to me that none of the above steps _ought_ to fix the problem.
Since then I have also installed the new firmware update (RAIDiator-x86 4.2.16).
I have tried to do some fairly large file transfers, but haven't yet managed to make the problem reappear.
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