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Identifying a failing drive
Hi all, I'm running an original NV with 3x1TB drives. In the last day or so, one of the drives has gotten pretty noisy - it sounds almost like a drive is constantly running and the normal noise th...
Thanks for the additional info. The drive has actually quieted back down, but I'll be replacing it as soon as the new drive gets here anyway. Should be within the next 1-2 days.
Just curious - if this drive is in such bad shape, why didn't I get any kind of alerts from the NAS? I have had one other drive fail in the past and got warnings from the NAS that it was failing and instructing me to replace it ASAP. I guess there are certain conditions that must be met to trigger an alert, and this time, despite the drive being unhealthy, those conditions weren't met?
Just curious - if this drive is in such bad shape, why didn't I get any kind of alerts from the NAS? I have had one other drive fail in the past and got warnings from the NAS that it was failing and instructing me to replace it ASAP. I guess there are certain conditions that must be met to trigger an alert, and this time, despite the drive being unhealthy, those conditions weren't met?
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