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HDD Failing? ("Reallocated sector count has increased...")
Hi All, I'm after some help/advice please. I have a Ready NAS duo (sparc, which I think is v1), with 2 x 2TB HDDs in RAID (mirrored), however, for a looooong time now I've been getting the message...
Cheers for all the replies, surely Frontview would tell me if it's failed completely? At the moment it just keeps telling me the reallocated sector count is too high... luckily i haven't lost anything because my Duo is set to mirror everything via the RAID set up and their are no errors on the second drive.
I'll have a look into SeaTools, though I assume it would run on my Windows PC and would need the HDD connected locally? Alas, I don't have the means to do this at the moment.
I'll also have a look at the RN202.
I think best, case, I get a WD20EFRX, pop it in and everything is happy and runs for another couple of years, worst case, it doesn't help with the issues I'm having with the Duo and I still need to buy another unit. If that's the case, I think I'll buy another unit, and use the 2 working disks I have in it, then upgrade the disks when the time comes.
Thanks again for your replies I'll update my progress when I can.
I'll have a look into SeaTools, though I assume it would run on my Windows PC and would need the HDD connected locally? Alas, I don't have the means to do this at the moment.
I'll also have a look at the RN202.
I think best, case, I get a WD20EFRX, pop it in and everything is happy and runs for another couple of years, worst case, it doesn't help with the issues I'm having with the Duo and I still need to buy another unit. If that's the case, I think I'll buy another unit, and use the 2 working disks I have in it, then upgrade the disks when the time comes.
Thanks again for your replies I'll update my progress when I can.
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