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lifesupp! message
Hi, I got this message, "lifesupp! message", while doing a resync (complete history follows) and I think I need some help from experts due the previous messages in this forum about this error. ...
You run into a very common problem. Your drives report okay to the ReadyNAS until heavy operations take place (like resyncing RAIDs). When you have to resync the RAID, it manuevers through all the disks and reads sectors that maybe weren't read in a long time.
Anyway, while you're resyncing a new disk, bad parts of the old disks make themselves visible. You can catch these usually by running a scrub maybe a few times a year. Running the scrub will help you find disks that have problems sooner than later.
Also, you should always have a backup of your important data. A single point of failure is simple that.
Hi,
Personally I recommend using X-RAID2 dual-redundancy (or Flex-RAID RAID-6) rather than the default X-RAID2 single-redundancy (uses RAID-5).
Dealing with a life support problem is beyond the scope of what we would deal with on the community.
You should contact support and enquire about what it would cost for support to look into this for you.
It's important to proceed vary carefully with problems like this.
You may end up needing to restore your data from backup (assuming you have one).
You should download your logs so you can provide the zip file to support.
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