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RN204 crashes shortly after boot
For a couple days, I've been having the issue where deleting large files / lots of files results in a crash where the panel will either display "__out_of_memory + 354" or the RN204 will just become u...
My guess is that an OS reinstall won't help. Your issue seems triggered by your volume state, and an OS reinstall doesn't change that.
A factory default destroys the data volume, so that will certainly work.
You could of course try support (though they likely will charge).
Hi everyone, just wanted to give everyone an update and ask a few questions about this issue. I backed up my data and did a factory default and came out without having lost anything.
This time around I've disabled Bit rot protection and compression on all of my shares, and I've noticed that although the data volume is relatively full, I've not had a single issue with it. Is it possible that this issue is being caused by either (or both) of these options? I would think that compression/decompression would be memory intensive, and/or possibly some of the functions that go along with the CoW functions.
Do we know why this issue happens? Is there a fix in the works? I've found that the RAM for my unit is on the board itself, so it can't be upgraded. If I switched to a unit with more RAM would I be less likely to run into this issue? I really like the ReadyNAS OS and the overall quality of this product and would be willing to switch to a more expensive unit like a RN316, if it would likely aleviate this issue. Also, that's an x86 build, where as the RN204 is ARM, so that may also be a factor.
Any sort of response, even speculation would be appreciated. It would be cool if Netgear could acknowledge or provide details about the cause or any possible fix for this.
ibell63 wrote:
This time around I've disabled Bit rot protection and compression on all of my shares, and I've noticed that although the data volume is relatively full, I've not had a single issue with it. Is it possible that this issue is being caused by either (or both) of these options? I would think that compression/decompression would be memory intensive, and/or possibly some of the functions that go along with the CoW functions.
Certtainly CoW (particularly snapshots) can create performance issues when the volume is too full. Compression/Decompression is of course also going to increase memory and reduce performance.
I'm thinking that more users enable bit-rot protection than use compression, so compression might be a more likely cause.
Thanks for the response. I'm going to continue using it as is and I'll post here if I have issues as the drive fills up. I'm certainly not going to fill it up anymore than 95% full, but I was dissappointed to have such serious issues with the volume when it was only ~85% full last time.
Is there a recommended amount of free space?
Edit: I should note that the volume is currently 87% full with no issues.
We start warning about volume usage at 70% full.
Keeping volume usage under 80% would be optimal.
Scheduled volume maintenance can help even if volume usage is a little higher.
The RN204 has 2GB RAM which should be more than enough.
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