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Aspirant

Feb 05, 2017

ReadyNAS 214 fails to recognise 4th drive

Please help! Have been trying for weeks to get my ReadyNAS 214 to recognise the 4th drive I inserted. For some reason, RAIDar could briefly see the 4th drive but the admin page will not. Feels li...

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Aspirant

Feb 08, 2017

Thanks StephenB,

I'll give it a shot. I'm assuming that means that once I've identified if it's a faulty slot or not, I can take out the drive and return the original 3 to their corresponding slots and the RAID will be intact? The NAS is new, so I'd be looking for a fix or replacement from Netgear. If I have to go for a replacement, will I be able to put the 3 drives in the same order into the new unit and it will recognise all the data on the RAID? Excuse my ignorance!

Thanks for all the help everyone!

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Sandshark

Sensei

Feb 08, 2017

Your RAID on the original 3 drives will be intact so long as all removals/insertions are with power off. If you end up needing a new NAS, you should go through the same procedure Stephen outlined (maybe even verifying all slots) and make sure that the new NAS is running the same version of firmware as is on your array. After that, remove the spare and insert the 3-drive array in the new one with power off. If you have an old, smaller SATA drive, the process could go a bit faster than with your new WD Red.

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 09, 2017
Sandshark wrote:

If you have an old, smaller SATA drive, the process could go a bit faster than with your new WD Red.

There's no syncing needed with a single drive, so it will go quickly with the new one also.