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Ready for expansion (RN Pro Pioneer Edition)-Seeking Advice
Hi Everyone. I purchased and setup my Readynas Pro Pioneer around Jan 2010. Aside from one disk issue (increasing errors, which Seagate replaced under warranty) it has been a nice experience. I ...
Three things:
1. To answer your questions, the NAS is setup as XRAID2 with Dual Redundancy. Why are you asking about the redundancy?
2. I ran the SeaTools from my desktop by first installing the tool on the desktop, powered down the NAS, removed disk 2, hooked it to my desktop via my USB SATA docking station, then ran Seatools from the desktop. I ran following three tests:
-Short Drive Self Test---> passed
-Short Generic---> passed
-Long Generic---> passed
I did not run the Advanced Test because the notes state the following:
On another note, when I purchased the Seagate 1TBs, I did so after seeing on the ReadyNAS HCL that this model has a 5-year warranty. Today, Seagate support tells me this has a 3-year warranty. Unfortunately, my receipt (from Directron) does not show the disk's Seagate warranty info. Where can I get a printout stating the 5-year warranty?
1. To answer your questions, the NAS is setup as XRAID2 with Dual Redundancy. Why are you asking about the redundancy?
2. I ran the SeaTools from my desktop by first installing the tool on the desktop, powered down the NAS, removed disk 2, hooked it to my desktop via my USB SATA docking station, then ran Seatools from the desktop. I ran following three tests:
-Short Drive Self Test---> passed
-Short Generic---> passed
-Long Generic---> passed
I did not run the Advanced Test because the notes state the following:
The Advanced Tests menu has options that could erase your data or make the drive unusable for your system. If you continue you could lose data...
On another note, when I purchased the Seagate 1TBs, I did so after seeing on the ReadyNAS HCL that this model has a 5-year warranty. Today, Seagate support tells me this has a 3-year warranty. Unfortunately, my receipt (from Directron) does not show the disk's Seagate warranty info. Where can I get a printout stating the 5-year warranty?
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