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HELP post power failure
After a power failure, the checking file system stopped at 2%. I did not notice this for a day or so. The power button would do nothing. RAIDRAR shows the unit as blue and I cant get to setup. I...
Well, as the manuals all clearly say, RAID is not sufficient to protect your data from loss. Many of us have learned that the hard way (in my case before I owned a NAS). Whether RAID protection is worth the storage cost is a relevant question, and there are scenarios where "no" is a reasonable answer. A UPS is (IMHO) always worth the cost.
guyworthy wrote: No, I dont have a backup. I bought this NV+ because it was RAID 5 and would protect my data.
[quote="http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS%20ARM-PLATFORM%20%28DUO%20V2,%20NV+%20V2%29/RAIDiator%205.3%20SW%20Manual_5Sep12.pdf":3oralm6j]If your data is important enough to store, it is important enough to back up. Data can be lost due to a number of events, including natural disaster (for example, fire or flood), theft, improper data deletion, and hard drive failure. By regularly backing up your data, you can recover your data if any of these situations occur.[/quote:3oralm6j]BTW, they missed some common cases, including power failure, chassis failure, software issues.
Anyway, the solution to every failure is not a factory reset, though fixing a kernel panic might require one.
As I suggested above, try using the front panel boot menu to skip the file system check. http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how ... _boot_menu If it works, make a backup!
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