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OS6 NAS and Riello iDialog 400 UPS
Hello. I have a couple of NAS's, running OS6, and have had a disk failure from a power cut, so I have bought a UPS. i thought that as the current drain is small compared to a server etc, and all i ...
Thanks Stephen,
That's really good of you to reply so quickly. I had already connected it; I've now tried all three USB ports and nothing looks any different. How do I know if it's recognised it? Do I get a different menu in the UPS settings page? Or should it show in logs (it doesn't) or somewhere else?
On a different subject (forgive me) I accidentally wriggled the PSU plug wen i was changing the USB lead over, and it momentarily disconnected, and I realise that I'm probably more likely to have a problem with loss of DC than loss of mains! All the PSUs I have that seem to fit are wobbly, so I assume the plug size is incorrect - is there a definitive spec for the plug for a 12v coaxial ReadyNAS PSU (not the 4-pin ones, they're much more reliable!)? I'll post this separately of course if that's preferable.
Thanks again,
Mark
mfb9 wrote:
That's really good of you to reply so quickly. I had already connected it; I've now tried all three USB ports and nothing looks any different. How do I know if it's recognised it? Do I get a different menu in the UPS settings page? Or should it show in logs (it doesn't) or somewhere else?
You should see the UPS show up on the UPS settings page. This is what I see (this NAS happens to have an APC UPS).
mfb9 wrote:
is there a definitive spec for the plug for a 12v coaxial ReadyNAS PSU (not the 4-pin ones, they're much more reliable!)? I'll post this separately of course if that's preferable.
Not sure. Maybe the mods can help??? ( Marc_V or JeraldM ). Or perhaps Sandshark
Just want to add that I am seeing 5.5mm x 2.1mm on some third-party adapters.
I believe the ReadyNAS uses 5.5 x 2.5mm, though 5.5 x 2.1 will work. The main thing is to get one that's well regulated and rated at at least 5A. I generally recommend you get something advertised as for a CCTV camera, not just LED lighting. There is a lot of junk out there. Be VERY careful buying on eBay. If the specs on the supply are blurred out, avoid like the plague, it's probably not 5A. I've had good luck with the Kastar brand, which you can get on Amazon or eBay.
Thanks to both of you. 5.5 x 2.5 and 5.5 x 2.1 both work, but both will wriggle around and cause momentary disconnection, on my units. Thank you for the recommendation - that brand is not available in UK and the shipping from Amazon and eBay is prohibitive.
Possibly as a result of said disconnections, I have again had the low voltage problem that led to the demise of a previous unit - and now this one has died. So this puts other issues about UPS etc into insignificance. I downloaded a log just before it died, and both drives are OK for serious errors, with just lots of ATA error presumably from momentary powering down and up again because of low voltage. One is recorded as resyncing, the other OK. Of course I have backups, but the last was a week ago, and ideally I'd resurrect these drives (X-RAID 1). If I put the good one, or both, into a spare RND104, will it read them, or will it start rebuilding the RAID and deleting everything? Or a 314 - I can drag either into service temporarily. Or do I need to find yet another second hand RNDP2000 to put them in? Drives are 4TB WD Gold.
Thanks very much,
Mark
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