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bubu63
Jun 13, 2024Aspirant
ReadyNAS NV+ RND4250: keeps booting since hours - unable to connect, not found by RAIDar
My ReadyNAS NV+ RND4250 worked for years (over 20...) without any problems. There are two disks in its slots. Few days ago the device stopped being accessible from my windows10 PC while daily increme...
StephenB
Jun 13, 2024Guru - Experienced User
The problem could be with the disks and not the NAS.
You could power down, and remove the disks (labeling by slot as you remove them). Then boot up the NAS, and see if RAIDar finds it.
If you have a Windows PC, then I also recommend testing the two disks with vendor tools (WDC Dashboard or Seagate's Seatools), and see if there are any problems. Run the long test, not just the short one (which is really only a confidence test).
bubu63 wrote:- for how long does it make sense to let the device "booting..." before force it to shutdown?
Hard to say, since you don't have any progress information on the sync. But I think 12 hours or so would be reasonable for 2 TB drives.
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