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ReadyNAS X6 with repeated disk failures on same channel
I have an aging X6 (original one, PN: RNX6S2000-009). Several months back it began occasionally sending "RAID event detected" emails ("RAID sync started on volume C.", then "RAID sync finished on v...
Thanks for the help, mdgm.
I'm on RAIDiator 4.1.7 (the SPARC version, of course). Never upgraded to 4.1.8 because I didn't want to upgrade while troubleshooting disk failures.
Yes, I definitely powered the NAS down before swapping any drives. I never attempted to hot-swap.
I did find quite a bit of dust in the enclosure after the first disk failure, and cleaned it out thoroughly at that point. (The machine had, however, been moved from an open-air environment to a running in a closet shortly before all this happened. I never got any high-temperature warnings or anything, but it's worth noting.)
The replacement disks were both used disks (not unformatted). (I assumed the NAS would overwrite any previous formatting with its own - right?) I think one was previously part of a different ReadyNAS volume, and the 2nd replacement disk I tried was previously used on a Windows machine.
So you're suggesting it may be coincidence that I tried 3 bad drives in a row on the same channel, rather than a problem with the NAS hardware? I will try to figure out how I can run SpinRite (difficult as I use a Mac laptop and don't have a real PC box around) or try a brand-new drive. How important is it that I use the same model/size as the other disks on the array?
I'm on RAIDiator 4.1.7 (the SPARC version, of course). Never upgraded to 4.1.8 because I didn't want to upgrade while troubleshooting disk failures.
Yes, I definitely powered the NAS down before swapping any drives. I never attempted to hot-swap.
I did find quite a bit of dust in the enclosure after the first disk failure, and cleaned it out thoroughly at that point. (The machine had, however, been moved from an open-air environment to a running in a closet shortly before all this happened. I never got any high-temperature warnings or anything, but it's worth noting.)
The replacement disks were both used disks (not unformatted). (I assumed the NAS would overwrite any previous formatting with its own - right?) I think one was previously part of a different ReadyNAS volume, and the 2nd replacement disk I tried was previously used on a Windows machine.
So you're suggesting it may be coincidence that I tried 3 bad drives in a row on the same channel, rather than a problem with the NAS hardware? I will try to figure out how I can run SpinRite (difficult as I use a Mac laptop and don't have a real PC box around) or try a brand-new drive. How important is it that I use the same model/size as the other disks on the array?
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