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ReadyNAS Duo v2 / WD RED 3TB x 2 / Erase Volume
Have a new ReadyNas Duo v2 and 2 x Western Digital RED 3TB drives. Orginally setup as Flex-Raid (RAID1).
Running latest firmware 5.3.7.
Trying to Erase Volume. Why? With my other ReadyNases I would do an Erase first, then config the array. Maybe complete overkill but some of the drives were not new so I thought it to be a good idea.
We'll it's going on a couple days now and the unit has the power and both drive lights lit solid, but will not respond to a 2 push power off. Cannot see it in RAIDar. I guess with Erase it's supposed to power down automatically when done.
Should I wait some more?
If I hard reset the unit I can probably get to the point where I can setup the Volume again and have it sync. Just not sure I feel confident about it now. Read some other posts about weirdness with the WD RED 3TBs.
Thanks!
Running latest firmware 5.3.7.
Trying to Erase Volume. Why? With my other ReadyNases I would do an Erase first, then config the array. Maybe complete overkill but some of the drives were not new so I thought it to be a good idea.
We'll it's going on a couple days now and the unit has the power and both drive lights lit solid, but will not respond to a 2 push power off. Cannot see it in RAIDar. I guess with Erase it's supposed to power down automatically when done.
Should I wait some more?
If I hard reset the unit I can probably get to the point where I can setup the Volume again and have it sync. Just not sure I feel confident about it now. Read some other posts about weirdness with the WD RED 3TBs.
Thanks!
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- Just a quick follow-up message here. I am in the process of configuring a NIB ReadyNAS Duo v2 with 2x WD RED 3TB drives. This is a completely new setup, I had a v2 waiting in a box until I needed it. Well, again I have the same symptoms as my original thread: LED status Power = ON, Drive1 = ON, and Drive2 = ON plus non-responsive Power button (2 pushes does not power down the unit). Doesn't show up in RAIDar either. It's been 36 hours. I'm going to wait this time though, perhaps a week, to see if anything changes. In other words I wlll not pull the power cord this time. I'm curious to see if I end up with locked drives again -- if so, there's a bug somewhere. Why should doing an Erase from RAIDar/Setup result in locked unusable drives?
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