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Disk failure during volume resent / can I stop resync ?
I have a Pro Pioneer Edition 6-bay running OS6.6. This NAS acts as a backup for some other NAS-es. The available space on the Pro was running low, so I decided to expand it with a HDD that I had used...
That was the error message? Perhaps check the current smart stats on the "new" disk.
If the disk is really failing, the resync won't complete anyway. Since it is a backup, restoring the data shouldn't be a huge concern. So if the disk is struggling, perhaps pull it.
Assuming single redundancy, the volume would be degraded. So you'd want to get a healthy disk that matches the size of the "new" one.
Error message is:
Detected high command timeouts: […]. This condition often indicates an impending failure. Be prepared to replace this disk to maintain data redundancy.
So, you recommend that I just pull the faulty disk and change it for a new healthy one?
Cheers,
Willem
whgmkeller1 wrote:
So, you recommend that I just pull the faulty disk and change it for a new healthy one?
If the timeout count is continuing to rise, I would do that, yes.
Of course there always is some risk when the volume isn't redundant, but I don't think changing out the disk will make that risk worse.
If the newly added disk is failing it should definitely be pulled. You don't want to encounter a dual failure condition.
If it was one of the other disks then it would be a more difficult situation as removing one of the other disks during the resync would trigger a dual failure condition.
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