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RN212 Disk 2: Volume Creation Failed
Hi, I recently bought a RN212 and started with one Seagate Ironwolf 4T ST4000VN008, which should be supported. It started with no problems. Alas, last week I bought the same disk: Seagat...
MichelTiberghi wrote:
So I'll have to send back my disk
That makes sense, since you can't test it in a PC. I do suggest picking up a USB adapter/dock - the adapters are pretty inexpensive, and they are useful when you need to test a disk.
Did you first turn off XRAID? If not, the NAS was attempting to create a RAID1 from your two drives, and you would not have created a second volume for use as a backup (unless you believe RAID is backup).
Did you do anything with the drive before putting it in the NAS (like format it on a PC)? Did you hot insert the drive or do so with power off? Is your desire to get RAID redundancy for your volume, or do you really want a separate volume for backup (which is not really the best way to do backup)?
One possibility is that the drive is simply bad from the supplier, so testing with Seatools in a PC (via internal SATA connection or SATA to USB dock) is a good first step. Also, see if your NAS complains about a degraded (which means non-redundant RAID) condition with the new drive removed.
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