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AkashD's avatar
AkashD
Aspirant
Jan 05, 2026

ReadyNAS 4312 | inactive Volumes

Hello!

 

I am unable to access the drives / data on my Netgear ReadyNAS with 12 drives in RAID6 configuration with the following error in the UI:

 

Initial Error observed in log: Volume: The volume data encountered an error and was made read-only. It is recommended to backup your data.

 

we have rebooted the NAS. then it is showing the below error.

 

Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12.

 

 

and we check in logs after a disk test:


Warning in logs: Volume: Disk test failed on disk in channel 10, model WDC_WD101KFBX-68R56N0, serial 1DGPMKDZ.

3 Replies

  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    AkashD wrote:

    The volume data encountered an error and was made read-only. It is recommended to backup your data.

     

    we have rebooted the NAS.

    The right move would have been to back up the data. (and NOT reboot).

     

    AkashD wrote:

    Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12.

    Don't remove them, as that will result in data loss.

     

    AkashD wrote:

    Warning in logs: Volume: Disk test failed on disk in channel 10, model WDC_WD101KFBX-68R56N0, serial 1DGPMKDZ.

    There is something else wrong as well.  Either the RAID array cannot assemble, or there is BTRFS file system corruption.

     

    So download the log zip file - there is a lot more in that then there is on the logs page.  If you have trouble sorting it out,  you can send me the full zip in a PM and I'll take a look.  You can't attach the zip, you need to upload it to cloud storage and include a link in the PM.  Make sure the permissions are set so anyone with the link can download.  Note you send a PM using the envelope icon in the upper right of the forum page.

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