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tipster71
Oct 27, 2015Guide
ReadyNAS 104 system hanging frequently after 6.4.0 upgrade
Hi All, I have a pretty new ReadyNAS 104 system (August, 2015). Currently populated with 3 x 4TB WD RED drives, and a single Segate 3TB drive (to be upgraded once funds allow). Since upgrading to...
Ollie_
Oct 27, 2015Aspirant
I'm having the exact same issue. I also have a ReadyNAS 104. Mine has 4 x WD Red 3TB disks, and has been working fine until I took the latest upgrade to 6.4.0.
I first noticed the issue when a balance operation (which I had set on a weekly schedule) was still running 24 hours later, and my ReadyNAS was still on, but could not be accessed via ssh or http, and I could no longer access the files on it. The only option I had was to pull the plug, after which it came up again and tried to do a resync. I could then access the GUI for about 5 mins, before it hung again and I couldn't access any of the services. After I while, I figured out that if I cancelled the balance operation by sshing in quickly after booting, before it hung, I could cancel the balance using the btrfs command. This worked, and after rebooting I was able to get into the GUI without the NAS hanging. I immediately disabled the scheduled maintenance tasks and deleted a bunch of snapshots and all seemed OK. But now I still notice that it hangs every few days and I have to pull the plug to reset it, which results in a full volume resync which takes over 24 hours.
It's very frustrating - clearly something is broken with the 6.4.0 firmware (I've tried flashing a new version from a USB stick in case my image was corrupted, but it didn't make any difference), but as per the release notes, you cannot downgrade again from 6.4.0, so I guess I just have to wait for the next update :-(.
Any suggestions gratefully received!
- PeteMoranOct 29, 2015Star
Same here on a RN204 and RN102 devices so far after update.
The unit would appear in RAIDar initially, then drops off the network after boot, the management page is not available, but it still responds to pings.
In one instance we though the RN102 was faulty so we swapped it out.
Now we have an RN204 that is not accessible with 4 months of snapshots the client may need/want.
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