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dwitkin
Aug 29, 2015Aspirant
ReadyNAS 102 With X-RAID Not Expanding Storage, Device Becomes Unreachable
Hi. I've been using a ReadyNAS 102 for about 9 months now. I had a 1.5TB WD hard disk in bay 1 and a 1.0TB WD disk in bay 2. Everything was working great. I decided I would upgrade both disks to ...
- Aug 29, 2015
The process you outline (hot-swap one drive at a time) is the right one. I'm don't know why it isn't working for you. It will take several hours to resync, though normally the UI would be available for most of that time (just slow).
Do you have other apps running (antivirus, etc) that could be adding to the CPU load?
StephenB
Aug 29, 2015Guru - Experienced User
The process you outline (hot-swap one drive at a time) is the right one. I'm don't know why it isn't working for you. It will take several hours to resync, though normally the UI would be available for most of that time (just slow).
Do you have other apps running (antivirus, etc) that could be adding to the CPU load?
dwitkin
Aug 29, 2015Aspirant
Hi Stephen. Thanks for the response.
No, I don't have anti-virus running, but I do run a Plex server and the Logitch Media Server on the ReadyNAS. Nothing is / was streaming, though.
- mdgm-ntgrAug 29, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
Well you could still try turning off the apps and seeing if that helps.
Which firmware are you running?- dwitkinAug 29, 2015Aspirant
Ok. Yeah, it can't hurt to try that. I'm backing the device up right now, but will try that tomorrow.
The firmware is 6.2.5 -- the admin page says I have the latest for my device.
- mdgm-ntgrAug 29, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
You could send your logs in (see the Sending Logs link in my sig).
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