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Radjin
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Nov 26, 2017
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Recamended order for maintenance: (Scrub, Defrag, Balance, Disk Test).

I read the suggested schedule for maintenance activities but did not see a recommended order.  Some activities will affect the condition that other activities correct (eg; scrubbing may affect fragme...
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Jan 21, 2018

    Radjin wrote:

     

    1. Do I lose access to teh unit while it does a disk check. 


    No, though performance might drop a bit.

     


    Radjin wrote:

     

    2. How long does a check take? I have 3 12TB disks installed.


    I have 4x6TB disks (WD60EFRX) in my RN526x.  The last disk check took 13 hours.  It should scale linearly, so I'd expect your test to take about 20 hours.

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