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How do you STOP a ReadyNAS balance in progress with latest OS?
Hello Everyone, I started a manual "Balance" on my older ReadyNAS running the latest OS and 76TB of disk space. It has progressed to 10% completion after running for 7 hours, and NAS is bare...
So I found a way using the free downloaded PuTTY program and its SSH. That worked to stop the Balance. But more risky to use for inexperienced line code users like me.
So is there an easy way to do this via the web interface? Some button or togggle?
Readynaspro wrote:
So I found a way using the free downloaded PuTTY program and its SSH.
BTW, windows also has ssh built in. Try entering ssh root@nas-ip-address from the windows search bar.
Readynaspro wrote:
So is there an easy way to do this via the web interface? Some button or togggle?
Unfortunately, there isn't.
As an aside: although I get the issue with NAS performance, the longer the balance takes, the more it is needed. I run them every 4 months as part of my maintenance schedule, and they complete in about 5 minutes.
In many cases, you will also see the estimated completion time reduced, often significantly, by more than the elapsed time as the balance progresses and the estimate gets better. Balances are mostly additive -- a new one takes over where the last left off, less any files changed since. So you can run one during less-used periods, abort it when you need to, and start over. It'll finally get to the point it doesn't need a lot of time to complete. But just putting up with it the first time is the best method.
OK, thanks to both of you StephenB and Sandshark for your excellent replies.
I will start it up at night and shut it off in the morning.
Good to know that SSH is built into Windows 7. So I can try using that.
Few issues now:
1. I tried typing in ssh root@nas-ip-address via the Windows 7 Pro search bar. Did not work.
I also tried via CMD (command box) and neither recognized the command.
So that does not seem to work in my version of Win7.
2. Thus I have to use something like puTTY. But .......forgot to mention that puTTY downloaded a public key to my desktop.
(not sure what to do with it). Then ran once. Will not run again. Hangs on a blank black screen with green cursor.
Then tried the X32 version, and that one hangs also.
Is there a better (more stable) free program to use SSH with? Any recommendations? Thanks again.
SSH is built into Windows 10 and 11, not Windows 7. If you've checked the "Enable Password Protection" option in SSH, you shouldn't need the key. A key exchange is used when you are automating a process that uses SSH and cannot provide user name and password.
I started running BALANCE 8 hours ago overnight (no NAS use during that time).
I used puTTY to check on the status this morning.
Result: Completed 27 chunks out of about 5900 chunks (762 under consideration).
At this pace, to do all 5900 chunks would take approximately 318 days.
But I assume that the NAS is only considering doing 762? Not sure what that message means.
So if that is true, then it would still take 28 days to complete.
That is nuts.
Terminated the BALANCE function.
Verdict. Do not run BALANCE, SCRUB, or DEFRAG on older machines like my ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer if you have upgraded it with OS6 and capacity (I am running 76TB) now. My machine has been a very dependable workhorse for over a decade. But these older machines are way too slow now. So time for a new NAS> would buy a NetGear NAS, but they do not make them anymore.
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