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MWT
Aspirant
Aug 14, 2016
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Nas freezing on writes - how to locate broken drive

Hi,   I think I have a drive that's on its last legs but I am not seeing any SMART errors. Anytime a large file is written to it, the whole machine freezes. What is the  best way to determine which...
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    mdgm-ntgr
    Aug 17, 2016

     

    Seeing your hardware is out of warranty and you have a broken drive tray you are probably best to buy the RND4TRAY1 e.g. from Amazon.

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MWT
Aspirant
Aug 16, 2016

Thanks. I'm looking at 4TB reds which is a small capacity upgrade too.

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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Aug 17, 2016

 

Seeing your hardware is out of warranty and you have a broken drive tray you are probably best to buy the RND4TRAY1 e.g. from Amazon.

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