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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...
I never followed up on this - I pulled each drive independently and none was the source of the noise, it must have been the fan? In any event, the unit quieted back down on its own and seems to be running normally again.
Side question - I still have the failed drive I pulled a couple months ago. Is there anything I should do in terms of data security before I trash it? Is it even possible for someone to extract useful data from 1 drive of a 3 drive NAS? Should I take a hammer to it just to be safe?
Thanks!
Side question - I still have the failed drive I pulled a couple months ago. Is there anything I should do in terms of data security before I trash it? Is it even possible for someone to extract useful data from 1 drive of a 3 drive NAS? Should I take a hammer to it just to be safe?
Thanks!
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