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ReadyNAS Ultra 2 Plus Won't Boot
Hi All, I have the above machine for home use (about 3 yrs old) + offsite backup from my office RN312. All has been working sweetly for a couple of years with no dramas to speak of. A few day...
Hello DaveSh,
Thanks for the response.
If you want to switch to XRAID2, make sure you have full back up of the files if you can still access the volume as it requires factory reset.
As for the warranty, you may need to contact support center for hardware check. I checked your profile and found one RN312 registered that still has warranty.
Regards,
The disks don't need to be connected to the PC at the same time as you are just trying to check the health of the disk by using SeaTools.
If you are using X-RAID2 or RAID-1 this would mean that you could try booting the NAS up with just one disk. If it comes up perhaps the other disk is bad.
OK I have determined I have a failed disc, so will replace both with Red NAS WD30EFRX 3TB. Everything is now backed up on two separate sources.
Frontview says I have Raid 1 configuration, not X-Raid2, although I can't think of why I would have done that.
RAID Configuration
| Configuration: | RAID Level 1, 2 disks | |
| Status: | Not redundant. A disk failure will render this volume dead. |
Is it possible this is just a confused display on frontview or is there another way to tell? Also I have found another resource that says you can expand some flex-raid volumes manually. If either of these are possible it will make the replacement easier.
Otherwise I plan to do a system config backup, factory reset, set up new discs as X-Raid2, and migrate the data across.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Dave.
Hello DaveSh,
How about under Home where it shows a summarize info of your NAS? It should show XRAID2 if you have configured it as XRAID2. What's the current FW version of your NAS?
XRAID2 allows you to expand volume without reformatting your disks. Expansion with FlexRAID is available for 4-bay NAS and up, see expanding ReadyNAS Volume when in FlexRAID.
Regards,
Thanks JennC,
The home dialog box only shows raid1; nothing about either FlexRAID or XRAID2, so I assume it is FlexRAID. It may not matter much anyway as I have since discovered a low voltage warning in the logs which has been going on for a while. So I'm considering maybe warranty (expired but problem started well before that) or a new unit.
Thanks,
DaveSh.
Hello DaveSh,
Thanks for the response.
If you want to switch to XRAID2, make sure you have full back up of the files if you can still access the volume as it requires factory reset.
As for the warranty, you may need to contact support center for hardware check. I checked your profile and found one RN312 registered that still has warranty.
Regards,
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