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ReadyNAS NV+ initializing cyclically for 3 days, what to do?
Hello,
I have an quite old ReadyNAS NV+ station. I added a new 2T disk (X-RAID).
There was already 2 disks (2TB) full, only 90GB free, when I added the new disk same size.
The device started initializing all right. But it never stops the initializing.
It starts the initializing again after finishing. It has done the initializing like 6 rounds, as I know.
There is not any logs whats going on and why it does the initializing all over again many times.
Maybe it is doing as it should and I only need to wait, is it so?
Could some one tell what is going on and is this normal?
WBR, Jussi
pakarinj wrote:
I can read the logs from the admin-web-interface, but the the device is not making any logs,
although it continuously restarts the initialization cycle. So I dont know why it does it.
Did you download the zip file? Or are you just looking at the screen?
pakarinj wrote:
I inserted the new disk with the NAS powered down.
I did not write down the model of the disk, I should remove it to know, so I dont know it at the moment.
You probably do need to power down the NAS and remove the disk. It is possible the disk has failed out-of-the-box in a way that is causing the NAS to misbehave. Then power up the NAS. If that works, then either just exchange the disk, or test it in a Windows PC using vendor tools (Seagate's Seatools, or WD's Dashboard).
Please do let us know the model. Most current 2 TB drives use a technology called SMR which is not a good choice for ReadyNAS systems. Also, Netgear's hardware compability list hasn't been touched in years, and should be ignored. The best option for your NAS is to get a NAS-purposed drive like the Seagate Ironwolf or the WD Red Plus (NOT the WD Red, as it is unfortunately SMR).
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What if I do shutdown while it is doing this initializing loop, can I loose data from the original disks?
pakarinj wrote:
I have an quite old ReadyNAS NV+ station. I added a new 2T disk (X-RAID).
There was already 2 disks (2TB) full, only 90GB free, when I added the new disk same size.
The device started initializing all right. But it never stops the initializing.
It starts the initializing again after finishing. It has done the initializing like 6 rounds, as I know.
There is not any logs whats going on and why it does the initializing all over again many times.
Did you hot insert the disk, or did you insert it with the NAS powered down?
What is the model of the disk you added?
Are you saying you cannot download the log zip file from the logs page?
Hello,
Thanks for your answer!
I inserted the new disk with the NAS powered down.
I did not write down the model of the disk, I should remove it to know, so I dont know it at the moment.
I can read the logs from the admin-web-interface, but the the device is not making any logs,
although it continuously restarts the initialization cycle. So I dont know why it does it.
WBR, Jussi
pakarinj wrote:
I can read the logs from the admin-web-interface, but the the device is not making any logs,
although it continuously restarts the initialization cycle. So I dont know why it does it.
Did you download the zip file? Or are you just looking at the screen?
pakarinj wrote:
I inserted the new disk with the NAS powered down.
I did not write down the model of the disk, I should remove it to know, so I dont know it at the moment.
You probably do need to power down the NAS and remove the disk. It is possible the disk has failed out-of-the-box in a way that is causing the NAS to misbehave. Then power up the NAS. If that works, then either just exchange the disk, or test it in a Windows PC using vendor tools (Seagate's Seatools, or WD's Dashboard).
Please do let us know the model. Most current 2 TB drives use a technology called SMR which is not a good choice for ReadyNAS systems. Also, Netgear's hardware compability list hasn't been touched in years, and should be ignored. The best option for your NAS is to get a NAS-purposed drive like the Seagate Ironwolf or the WD Red Plus (NOT the WD Red, as it is unfortunately SMR).
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