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kmmcd
Aspirant
Nov 02, 2025
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Pending Drive Failure - Need Advice

I have an RN424 with three WD Red 6TB drives (WD60EFRX). A review of my log today indicates occasional "reallocated sector counts" and a recent single logged "ATA error count [14]." A popup indicated...
impending drive failure
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Nov 03, 2025
    kmmcd wrote:

      ATA Error Count:                14
      Reallocated Sectors:            569
      Reallocation Events:            59

    Definitely needs replacement.  

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kmmcd
Aspirant
Nov 09, 2025

I replaced the drive following your powerdown procedure instructions, and the system is now back up. It took about 12 hours to resync. Thank you for your valuable help.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 09, 2025
kmmcd wrote:

I replaced the drive following your powerdown procedure instructions, and the system is now back up.

Great!

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