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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.
I was actually intending to power it down, remove the first 2 disks and examine the serial number, then replace the bad one with the new one, put both disks back in the NAS, then power back up again.
But you suggested powering it up again with only 3 disks and then doing a hot swap. Is there a reason why that is a better idea than doing what I had planned? I'm just curious ... I don't know a lot about NAS technology and I want to learn more.
The new disk will arrive on Thursday.
I have a Western Digital 10TB external hard drive connected to the NAS through one of its USB ports, and I've been backing up the NAS to the external drive for about 2 years. I double-checked this connection yesterday and I could not connect to the external drive in Windows Explorer, and the synchronizing software I've been using for years also can't see the external drive.
So I moved the external drive to a USB port on my computer, where I can access it without problems, and I synchronized all the folders to make sure I have a current backup of the NAS.
I don't know why the NAS was refusing to connect to the external drive, but it definitely wasn't, and this is a new thing, because when I checked it a week ago, the connection was stable.
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.
Thank you for the explanation. I will do it the way you recommend.
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