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ReadyNAS 204 won't load admin page
I have a ReadyNAS 204 with firmware 6.10.7 and four 8TB drives. Have had it 4 years (bought it gently used) and it ran without any issues. I don't run any apps on it, I only use it to store media f...
If you power up with three drives you'll know immediately if you've solved the problem. Your volume will mount, though it will be listed as "degraded" due to lack of redundancy, and you should have access to the GUI. Then when you insert the new drive into the empty bay, you should see the NAS recognize it and begin to sync.
If you power up with the replacement already in place, it will start to re-sync immediately and if you can't get into the GUI, you won't know if it's because the sync is hogging too much CPU or something else is (still) wrong.
Maeve1956 wrote:
I honestly can't remember if SSH is enabled.
My guess is that it is not.
But you can test it easily. If you are using windows, enter ssh root@nas-ip-addess in the windows search bar (using the real NAS IP address of course). From a Mac you can open terminal and enter the same command.
If ssh is enabled, youi'll probably get a message asking to confirm a fingerprint (say yes), and then you'll get a password prompt.
If it's not enabled, you should get a connection refused message, or possibly the text box will just close.
Maeve1956 wrote:
it's a hot swap drive it should be a piece of cake.
A hot-swap is what I always recommend. The main thing is to make sure you pull the right drive. If you get that wrong, then you can lose data.
FWIW, I always test my replacement drives in a Windows PC first, using vendor tools. Seatools for Seagate, and Dashboard (or Lifeguard) for Western Digital. I run the full non-destructive test, and also a full erase/write zeros test. Some out-of-the-box drives have passed one of these tests, but failed the other.
I think I figured out which drive bay is Disc 2. The error message I get says this disc is failing:
disk 2 (Internal) [WDC WD80EFAX-68LHPN0, 7SGTHUPC]
And when I look in RAIDar, I find that not all the drives are identical (it came with 4 drives installed). The 1st and 2nd drives are identified as
Channel 1 WDC_WD80EFAX-68LHPN0 8TB, 46C/114F
Channel 2 WDC_WD80EFAX-68LHPN0 8TB, 51C 123F
Channel 3 WDC_WD80EMAX-00WJTA0 8TB, 50C/122F
Channel 4 ST8000DM004-2CX188, 8TB 45C/113F
So it has to be the second drive from the left, which I can double-check when I remove it from the bay.
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