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ReadyNAS NV (RND4250-100NAS) hangs on boot
My ReadyNAS has been running flawlessly for years. I had to rewire my office. I powered off the ReadyNAS and took several days to rewire. When I powered on the ReadyNAS it hung during boot with a "...
The normal process would be to boot the NAS with the three good disks. Assuming it boots, then hot-insert the replacement drive (with the NAS running). It would then resync.
Backups are always recommended, as trusting your data to a single device creates a lot of risk. Also, it is quite possible that you have problems on the other disks that have not yet been detected. I have had disks that pass the non-destructive seatools tests, but which fail when you run the destructive ones.
Though I'm sure mdgm has good reasons for asking, and it would be best to finish that conversation before you do anything.
Backups are always recommended, as trusting your data to a single device creates a lot of risk. Also, it is quite possible that you have problems on the other disks that have not yet been detected. I have had disks that pass the non-destructive seatools tests, but which fail when you run the destructive ones.
Though I'm sure mdgm has good reasons for asking, and it would be best to finish that conversation before you do anything.
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