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New disk failed after sync. How do I recover?
ReadyNAS NV+ I had 3 1TB disks and was doing an upgrade to 3 2TB disks. Over 2 days, I replaced a disk a night, letting it sync overnight. Last night I replaced the final 1TB drive. Eight hou...
Well I wouldn't put it back with your existing RAID array - there is too much risk.
network23 wrote: Do you think there is any point to putting it back into the NAS and see if it works a second time?
Trying it by itself (all other drives removed with the power down) would let you see if the problem only happens when the disk is plugged into slot 3, or if it happens in all slots. To be certain, you'd have to confirm that it fails in slot 3 (with other slots empty) by doing a factory default with the drive in that slot. And then do it again in other slots (particularly slot 1).
Kossboss is thinking that sometimes the NAS hardware fails so that one slot doesn't work at all (or doesn't work reliably). In that case, you'd be entitled to a replacement unit. It is a possibility.
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