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Possible Disk Failure
I have an RN202 with two (2) Seagate 1TB NAS drives installed. The unit has been running with out issue for several months. A few minutes ago, it started to send out warning emails that said: ...
this seagate drive was out in 2009. it must have serviced u for over 4 years. time to call it a day.
Thanks for the quick response.
The RN202 was new a few months ago and the drives were provided with it, (it was not a retail purchase). When I went to register the drives I did see that the warranty period was already expired on both of them. Given their age I may just replace both to avoid future issues.
Any idea why the messages would suddenly stop after the short period of time?
Regards,
David
dschwartzer wrote:
Any idea why the messages would suddenly stop after the short period of time?
Sectors are reallocated when writes fail. Possibly the file I/O completed. 3700 Reallocated Sectors definitely means "replace the drive".
I recommend either drives purposed for NAS (WDC Red or Seagate VN) or enterprise class (Red Pro, Seagate NearLine, etc). WDC Reds work well in my RN202.
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