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ReadyNAS 426 safe shutdown HOW?
Hello friends. I'm back for more good advice from all of you wonderful experts.
Recently we had a power outage here and my whole network was on battery backup. We also lost internet connectivit...
If you crack open the door, and press the power button twice, you should see a prompt on the LCD panel telling you to press it again to power down the NAS. If you do that, it should do a clean shutdown.
This does work on my RN52x ReadyNAS.
Sandshark, thanks very much for your reply. I can't explain why, but I was definitely unable to use the control panel when I lost internet. Weird, isn't it. Could it be because I'm using Chrome? No idea. I won't worry as long as I have other ways of safe shut down.
I do have the NAS connected to a UPS, so it should work that way too. Question: I notice in the Power/UPS settings that it's set to Auto, and there are other choices for 10%, 20%, etc. I assume these percentages refer to battery life. Can you tell me at what percentage the Auto would do a safe shut down? I'm curious.
Thanks again for your time and help.
Auto is what I use as well. As the batteries get older, the time to go from a fixed percentage to zero goes down. So I don't want to be guessing.
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