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tripy
Oct 14, 2015Aspirant
rn104 updated to 6.4.0 and possible solution to random lock-ups
Hello everyone, I have updated my RN104 last week, and have been poised by the unit hanging up randomly since then. I have searched andread a lot of posts here, and after 5 hard reboot and re-syn...
- Dec 02, 2015
6.4.1 is released. Who is taking the risk? :)
Learning2NAS
Nov 24, 2015Tutor
Update: Yesterday's problem appears to be solved. 6.4.1RC didn't fix my issue, and it seems to have fixed everyone else's issues so I started to troubleshoot other possibilities. Last week I rotated in a 10 year old disk and it didn't cause any problems until it caused a LOT of problems all at once, so my mind didn't immediately go to that disk. Apparently it was falling behind the rest of the array and causing the RN104 to lock-up. None of my disks have ever been on the "compatability list" and this has never caused me any isses, but for some reason this old drive doesn't play well with the others. It is similarly spec'd, so I'm guessing that it is experiencing some kind of hardware failure that SMART isn't able to pick up.
My appologies for being so alarmed while my crisis was full-swing, and my thanks to all of you for providing such helpful explainations of your issues and solutions. This allowed me to narrow my issue down without waiting on phone support for 11 more hours.
With four fresh (and matching) disks in play, the 6.4.1RC is working well now and moves tons of data with no lock-up.
StephenB
Nov 24, 2015Guru - Experienced User
Learning2NAS wrote:
...With four fresh (and matching) disks in play, the 6.4.1RC is working well now and moves tons of data with no lock-up.
Great news, thx for the update. If anything changes, please do let us know.
- michaelarnautsDec 02, 2015Aspirant
6.4.1 is released. Who is taking the risk? :)
- smashman42Dec 02, 2015Guide
I had a switch die on me so while everything was offline updated from 6.4.0-B3 to 6.4.1. No problems noticed yet.
- wilchDec 02, 2015Aspirant
I have been running 6.1 RC1 for 2 weeks now with no problems, so I will upgrade to the 6.1 public release tonight during maintenance window.
- StephenBDec 02, 2015Guru - Experienced User
michaelarnauts wrote:
6.4.1 is released. Who is taking the risk? :)
-> http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30110
I was running the beta already...
I upgraded my RN102 yesterday, and my RN202 today. I've had no issues.
- michaelarnautsDec 11, 2015Aspirant
Did anybody had any issues in the meantime with the RN104 on 6.4.1?
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