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ReadyNAS NV+ (v1) stuck on "Quota chk" [SOLVED]
Hello I created another thread on the forum recently which is relevant to this issue (viewtopic.php?f=31&t=69834). Briefly, my ReadyNAS stopped responding suddenly a few weeks ago (Windows reported...
Just to conclude this. I went with "option 2". I waited 24 hours in case things improved - they hadn't when I returned to the ReadyNAS this afternoon, it was still showing "Quota chk: 33.9%".
So I held the power button down for 5 seconds, and shortly afterwards it switched itself off (the front panel remained illuminated with the "Quota chk" message however). I then turned off my UPS (which dimmed the front LCD panel), and unplugged everything from the device - power cable, Ethernet cable, USB external hard disk cable, and USB cable from the UPS.
I removed Drive 1 from the unit (had the stuck drive cage problem again), and took the opportunity to wipe the whole thing (ReadyNAS) down with some kitchen towel to remove dust - I blew a lot of accumulated dust out of it too.
Then I re-attached all of the cables, switched my UPS back on, and pressed the power button (the ReadyNAS now only containing Drive 2). Nothing happened. I panicked a bit at this point, and contemplated how blowing dust out of the box could have killed the power supply, but after about 10 minutes it suddenly spring in to life all on its own. Perhaps it was waiting for a specific signal from the UPS?
It ran the "Quota chk" again, but this time completed fairly quickly, and started up successfully. I had several message in the Frontview logs about what had happened - the ATA error count on Drive 1 had doubled again just before the failed Quota chk began - and about the now missing Drive 1.
Then I inserted my new replacement hard disk into the ReadyNAS (with the ReadyNAS turned on) in bay 1, and it was immediately identified. I had "resync started on Disk 1" messages in Frontview, and after about 6 hours (during which time the lights flickered several times, it was a nervous wait), I was told "RAID sync finished on volume C. The volume is now fully redundant.".
So, it's all ended fairly well.
So I held the power button down for 5 seconds, and shortly afterwards it switched itself off (the front panel remained illuminated with the "Quota chk" message however). I then turned off my UPS (which dimmed the front LCD panel), and unplugged everything from the device - power cable, Ethernet cable, USB external hard disk cable, and USB cable from the UPS.
I removed Drive 1 from the unit (had the stuck drive cage problem again), and took the opportunity to wipe the whole thing (ReadyNAS) down with some kitchen towel to remove dust - I blew a lot of accumulated dust out of it too.
Then I re-attached all of the cables, switched my UPS back on, and pressed the power button (the ReadyNAS now only containing Drive 2). Nothing happened. I panicked a bit at this point, and contemplated how blowing dust out of the box could have killed the power supply, but after about 10 minutes it suddenly spring in to life all on its own. Perhaps it was waiting for a specific signal from the UPS?
It ran the "Quota chk" again, but this time completed fairly quickly, and started up successfully. I had several message in the Frontview logs about what had happened - the ATA error count on Drive 1 had doubled again just before the failed Quota chk began - and about the now missing Drive 1.
Then I inserted my new replacement hard disk into the ReadyNAS (with the ReadyNAS turned on) in bay 1, and it was immediately identified. I had "resync started on Disk 1" messages in Frontview, and after about 6 hours (during which time the lights flickered several times, it was a nervous wait), I was told "RAID sync finished on volume C. The volume is now fully redundant.".
So, it's all ended fairly well.
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