ReadyNAS 2120 Stuck Starting Up

Question

Have a ReadyNAS 2120 that has been getting slow to access. This morning the web interface prompts for login, but eventually times out after entering user/pw. Running RAIDar shows status "System starting up" with green checks on all drives. About 20 minutes ago the web interface wasn't accessible at all and the unit disappeared from RAIDar. About 10 minutes ago it showed up in RAIDar again, but web interface is not coming up at all now.

I blacked out the serial number because Netgear advises against showing this publicly.

StephenB · Answer

A reasonable next step is to power down the NAS and test the disks one at a time in a Windows PC using vendor tools (Seatools for Seagate, Dashboard for Western Digital).&nbsp; You can connect the disks to the PC using a usb adapter/dock. The PC won't recognize the format, but these tools will find the disks.
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I suggest labeling the disks by slot as you remove them.
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TCHol95 · Answer

I reseated the drives and now it's up with a status of Volume data is syncing. Now that I can access the web interface I saw this

Replacing that drive will be my first order of business.

Sandshark · Answer

Hopefully, it will complete.&nbsp; Or if it doesn't, it won't do any harm in trying.&nbsp; Doing a re-sync with a known bad drive is risky.&nbsp; That's why&nbsp;StephenB&nbsp;was recommending you check the drives -- so you could replace the bad one before it started trying to re-sync.

TCHol95 · Answer

So far it's doing it's thing and is accessible via SMB.&nbsp; Just won't load the admin web page.&nbsp; I have an external hooked to it that it was backing itself up to, so there's that.&nbsp; I'm still going to copy some important stuff to another NAS I have while waiting for a new drive.&nbsp; I think as a matter of course I'm going to replace the rest of the drives over the next week or two since they are all the same age.

TCHol95 · Answer

Installed a new drive and it started a resync that is going much faster than before.&nbsp; Can get to the web interface now and can access all files.

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