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Duo v1 - help with new choice of HDs please
Hello all
I know there are lots of teccie people here who may find my post daft, but I am stuck and would appreciate some help please.
I have a ReadyNAS Duo v1. it has 2x1TB hard drives that came with it (one was free other was in the machine). This morning as I left for work I got an email from the NAS saying smart errors had gone from 0 to 1039 on disk 2. I presume this means its going to die soon.
I have about 800MB of these 1TB used so i was going to get either 2TB or 3TB replacements. I presume 3TB is the largest I can use?
My question is - I have Amazon Prime so wanted to order some new drives today - I have looked at the Hardware compatibility list - I think the Duo is RND2120? But what drives should I pick please? Best really for cost and quality so not dearest but not cheapest.
Then, I presume I just take our disk 2 and put the new one in? Will it matter its a larger drive? How long do they take to sync?
Sorry to sound so amatuer, but any help would be great
Craig
I know there are lots of teccie people here who may find my post daft, but I am stuck and would appreciate some help please.
I have a ReadyNAS Duo v1. it has 2x1TB hard drives that came with it (one was free other was in the machine). This morning as I left for work I got an email from the NAS saying smart errors had gone from 0 to 1039 on disk 2. I presume this means its going to die soon.
I have about 800MB of these 1TB used so i was going to get either 2TB or 3TB replacements. I presume 3TB is the largest I can use?
My question is - I have Amazon Prime so wanted to order some new drives today - I have looked at the Hardware compatibility list - I think the Duo is RND2120? But what drives should I pick please? Best really for cost and quality so not dearest but not cheapest.
Then, I presume I just take our disk 2 and put the new one in? Will it matter its a larger drive? How long do they take to sync?
Sorry to sound so amatuer, but any help would be great
Craig
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- Yes. The "time-to-complete" is very rough (and often varies throughout the process).
So just wait for it to fully complete. I'd restart it at that point (though it shouldn't be necessary), and then hot-insert the other disk. - Thank you for all of your help and advice. All five. Both discs in. Took about 18 hours to Initialse then sync then repeat.
Gone from 79 percent used to 38 percent.
Thank you again
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