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ReadyNAS Duo RND2000 several questions of not starting up, Raid0 and removing one disc....
Hi! My NAS stopped working earlier this week... shutted it down sinsw it made a whining sound and now it wont start... It makes a clicking sound on startup (like reader arm moving) from one o...
Wristel wrote:
so X-Raid is the same as JBOD when in a Netgear NAS?
No. If you'd been running XRAID on your duo you would had RAID-1, with a single redundant 1.5 TB data volume. Exactly what RAID mode XRAID uses depends on the disk configuration. In the NV+ you just bought, XRAID would be RAID-5.
Wristel wrote:
but since i had 2 partitions RAID-0 (or JBOD as you say) one of the discs content would be ok?...
You are confusing me here. If you set up 2 volumes (C and D) then you were running JBOD. If you had set up one RAID-0 volume (C) then you are running RAID-0. JBOD means that each disk is a volume. Partitions are something else.
Did you have two volumes? Or only one?
Wristel wrote:
its the LED for disc 1 that is on when power LED is pulsating...
If the power LED is blinking steadily, the NAS is either booting or shutting down.
A steady disc LED means the NAS thinks the disc is ok. A blinking disc LED means trouble (failed, removed, or resyncing) Off means the NAS thinks there is no disk in the slot.
That's in the hardware manual here: http://www.readynas.com/download/documentation/HM/Duov1_NV%2Bv1_HW_en_06Dec11.pdf
StephenB wrote:
Wristel wrote:
so X-Raid is the same as JBOD when in a Netgear NAS?
No. If you'd been running XRAID on your duo you would had RAID-1, with a single redundant 1.5 TB data volume. Exactly what RAID mode XRAID uses depends on the disk configuration. In the NV+ you just bought, XRAID would be RAID-5.
Wristel wrote:
but since i had 2 partitions RAID-0 (or JBOD as you say) one of the discs content would be ok?...
You are confusing me here. If you set up 2 volumes (C and D) then you were running JBOD. If you had set up one RAID-0 volume (C) then you are running RAID-0. JBOD means that each disk is a volume. Partitions are something else.
Did you have two volumes? Or only one?
ti has been running for 3-4years so i really dont remember... i had one named Movies and one TV-Series if it was drives or partitions or something ele i dont remember/know...
Wristel wrote:
its the LED for disc 1 that is on when power LED is pulsating...
If the power LED is blinking steadily, the NAS is either booting or shutting down.
A steady disc LED means the NAS thinks the disc is ok. A blinking disc LED means trouble (failed, removed, or resyncing) Off means the NAS thinks there is no disk in the slot.
That's in the hardware manual here: http://www.readynas.com/download/documentation/HM/Duov1_NV%2Bv1_HW_en_06Dec11.pdf
Its not really blinking mor pulsating... here is a clip with both discs in:
since its the LED for slot1 thats flashing its most likely that disc in slot1 that is corupted?
took out both discs and then Raidar said "no discs found"
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t290/wristel/5460CAA2-28C9-4087-BB9E-816D540C7FFA_zpssrecrmai.jpg
here is a clip with no disc in it...
what does the LED flash pattern means?
shuld i try to start over with just one disc in it (and add another disk later or wait)?
and a question abot the rnd4000v1 (with 4*1TB) that i will pick up later today... can i run it in JBOD so i can use all 4TB and just loose 1TB if one disc crashes.... or 3TB to use and still have backup if one disc crashes....
Wristel wrote:
ti has been running for 3-4years so i really dont remember... i had one named Movies and one TV-Series if it was drives or partitions or something ele i dont remember/know...
I am thinking you had 2 shares, and you actually don't remember the RAID mode. So there's a chance you actually are using XRAID.
partitions- regions created on the hard drives. The ReadyNAS conceals the partitions it uses, so you never see what they are.
volumes-a virtual disk that RAID creates, that includes one or more physical disks. They are similar to drives in your PC, so your NAS (duo and NV+) give them names [C,D,E,F] that look like drive letters. You can see the volumes in the web admin UI (Frontview), but you don't see them when you access the files over of the network.
shares-shared folders. This is the list that you see when you access the NAS in windows explorer.
Wristel wrote:
since its the LED for slot1 thats flashing its most likely that disc in slot1 that is corupted?
Yes. If you aren't going to pay for data recovery / per incident support, then what I'd do is shut down the NAS and remove disk 1. Then power it up and see if it boots (leaving disk 2 alone). If you are using XRAID the system should boot, and you will have your data. If you were using RAID-0 it should still boot, but you won't see data.
So maybe give that a try and post back.
Wristel wrote:
and a question abot the rnd4000v1 (with 4*1TB) that i will pick up later today... can i run it in JBOD so i can use all 4TB and just loose 1TB if one disc crashes.... or 3TB to use and still have backup if one disc crashes....
Yes, you can do either. The default RAID mode is XRAID which will give you 3 TB to use, and protection from 1 routine disc failure. That's what I recommend using.
When you get the NV+, the first thing to do is upgrade the firmware to the current version (4.1.14). Then I suggest a factory default with all disks in place. The seller may have already done that for you. If so, you still might want to do it again. The easiest way to do the default is through the web ui. Choose system, then update. There is a factory default tab.
The hardware and software manuals for your NAS (both the duo and the NV+) are here:
http://www.readynas.com/download/documentation/HM/Duov1_NV%2Bv1_HW_en_06Dec11.pdf
http://www.readynas.com/download/documentation/UM/RAIDiator4-1_SW_en_30Nov11.pdf
I suggest that you read through both of these.
Thanks for all help...
will take on the Duo v1 some day...
the rnd4000 is up and running on Raid-X and latest firmware... only problem (probably my fault) is that i cant find the data on the USB drive that i had connected to the Duo..
Frontviw finds it ant that it har XXXGB used and XXXXGB free... but Finder dont see the folders/files just the "USB_HDD_2" (named it the same as it was on the Duo) folder/volume... hope its not gone and that its just me and my
incompetence.. :(any ideas why?i have copied the content to my iMac but having problem to get the rnd4000 to accept my 2TB egate USB drive...
what filesystems can i use for the USB drive so the rnd4000 can use it?..
tried ex-FAT so i could use both my iMac and my PC laptop but Frontwiev says "No Filesystem" en the USB drive.. cant use FAT32 due to large files...
NTFS works well, but requires to you to spend a little bit (for paragon) if you need to format a mac PC. Cost is about $20.
I'll start a new thred about the problems with the RND4000 and my imac....
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