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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...
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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