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drive testing with new diskless RN204
I'm about to set up a new diskless RN204 with two new 6TB Seagate Capacity V4 drives in Raid 1 mode. I'm totally new to the NAS world. I've read a lot of the forum posts and done some searching but ...
as an FYI, I still had some trouble testing the replacement drive. I am just about to decide there is something wrong with my test setup. I have been testing wuth a drop-in dock connected via eSata. the first drive tested ok, the 2nd drive failed and I returned it, and then the replacement drive failed. At that point I went back and retested the first drive and - surprise! - it failed. I suspect a bad eSata cable or something along those lines.
I then switched to a USB3 docking station. The testing was a little hit-and-miss. It seemed better but I still got a couple of odd failures. Eventually it stabilized and the testing is going much better. I may not have been seating the drives peoperly in the docking station. I've used both docks many times in the past with no issues. I may have returned a drive that didn't really need to be returned.
In any case I am about to move forward with putting the new drives into the NAS.
Hi JiimJ,
Thanks for updating the thread. I hope the goes well with the replacement drive.
Kind regards,
BrianL
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