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Ohhh ReadyNas
Hi there. Rarely do I have the need to express myself like this. But I'm on the verge. HERE GOES: I've never ever bought soo flustrating and PITA piece of tech than ReadyNAS. In 20...
ripek wrote:
When I plug it it to my PC - HDtune or HardDisk sentinel says it's in perfect shape.
Something is definitely wrong. I have these disks in my RN102 (running 6.4.2 beta at the moment), and I am not seeing rising counts on mine. Try testing with WDC lifeguard.
A failing SATA controller/bus in the NAS could cause ATA errors. See this: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/19392/~/ata-errors-increasing-on-disk(s)-in-readynas
The link doesn't mention the failing controller possibility, but it takes two to tango (the controller and disk).
FWIW, the disk issue is likely related to the poor performance.
WD software only works on drives mounted inside PC. Doesn't detect my drive as it's connected via USB.
Here is a picture of my PC screen.
I've swapped the disk from bay 1 to bay 4 and now he is recovering the data. Always fun to look at that 0.00%. Blazing fast every time. I've done it several times already.
I have used lifeguard with a USB adapter - it might depend the adapter...
Anyway, ATA errors are detected in the NAS (SATA controller timeouts), and usually there is nothing in the the SMART stats. If you can isolate the problem to a specific slot, then you'd have a good case for a NAS RMA. On the other hand, if you can isolate it to the specific drive, then you have a case for a disk RMA (from WDC).
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