Hi all, It seems that my RN316 had "hung", so I was forced to reboot it. (I have noticed in past couple of months that it waits a long time around 28% during boot process.) Anyway, I rebooted the RN316. Again noticed it was hanging arounf 28% for a very, very long time. And then I notice that the top HDD LED is blinking red. So the RN316 finally booted. The top LED light continues to blink red. But what does this mean? https://kb.netgear.com/23017/How-do-I-determine-the-status-of-my-ReadyNAS-316-or-516 says: A disk LED next to each drive bay indicates the status of the disk inside. The disk LEDs have these states: • Solid blue. Power is on and the disk is operating normally. • Blinking blue. The disk is active. • Solid red. The disk was removed, failed, or is resynchronizing. See the display screen for details. • Off. No disk is present.But it does not desribe what blinking red light means. Display screen does not say anything. Nothing on the Admin Page but the blinking red light seems to indicate a problem:System > Overview indicates status is healthySystem > Logs does not show any errorsSystem > Volumes does not show any ATA errors or anything wrong if I hover over disk 1 (or any other disks for that matterSystem > Volumes > Settings > Disks likewise does not show any errors I have scheduled a disk test tonight for volume. Can anyone suggest what is wrong? And what the best course of action is? When in doubt, reboot?TIA! Specs:ReadyNAS 316 (RN31600)Firmware 6.6.16 x WD Red 4TB HDD (WD40EFRX)X-RAIDRAID 5The only errors/warning are snapshot related: Thu Apr 6 2017 2:52:13 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.Sun Mar 19 2017 22:07:04 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.Sat Mar 18 2017 22:07:26 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.Thu Mar 16 2017 22:07:19 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.Wed Mar 15 2017 21:37:42 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.Tue Mar 14 2017 22:07:18 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.Mon Mar 13 2017 22:07:31 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.Mon Mar 13 2017 20:47:16 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.Sun Jan 22 2017 17:49:01 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.Wed Jan 18 2017 21:47:34 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.Fri Jan 13 2017 21:27:56 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.Fri Jan 13 2017 15:07:26 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.Fri Jan 13 2017 13:17:07 Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.

Is it any better now? Moved your MySQL database to the data volume and created a symlink. Also updated your system to 6.7.0

Platypus69

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Apr 05, 2017

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RN316 | Blinking Red Light for HDD1 | Everything looks fine otherwise

Hi all,

It seems that my RN316 had "hung", so I was forced to reboot it. (I have noticed in past couple of months that it waits a long time around 28% during boot process.)

Anyway, I rebooted the RN316. Again noticed it was hanging arounf 28% for a very, very long time. And then I notice that the top HDD LED is blinking red.

So the RN316 finally booted.

The top LED light continues to blink red.

But what does this mean?

https://kb.netgear.com/23017/How-do-I-determine-the-status-of-my-ReadyNAS-316-or-516 says:

A disk LED next to each drive bay indicates the status of the disk inside. The disk LEDs have these states:
• Solid blue. Power is on and the disk is operating normally.
• Blinking blue. The disk is active.
• Solid red. The disk was removed, failed, or is resynchronizing. See the display screen for details.
• Off. No disk is present.

But it does not desribe what blinking red light means.

Display screen does not say anything.

Nothing on the Admin Page but the blinking red light seems to indicate a problem:

System > Overview indicates status is healthy
System > Logs does not show any errors
System > Volumes does not show any ATA errors or anything wrong if I hover over disk 1 (or any other disks for that matter
System > Volumes > Settings > Disks likewise does not show any errors

I have scheduled a disk test tonight for volume.

Can anyone suggest what is wrong? And what the best course of action is?

When in doubt, reboot?

TIA!

Specs:

ReadyNAS 316 (RN31600)
Firmware 6.6.1
6 x WD Red 4TB HDD (WD40EFRX)
X-RAID
RAID 5

The only errors/warning are snapshot related:

Thu Apr 6 2017 2:52:13		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.
Sun Mar 19 2017 22:07:04		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.
Sat Mar 18 2017 22:07:26		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.
Thu Mar 16 2017 22:07:19		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.
Wed Mar 15 2017 21:37:42		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.
Tue Mar 14 2017 22:07:18		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.
Mon Mar 13 2017 22:07:31		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.
Mon Mar 13 2017 20:47:16		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.
Sun Jan 22 2017 17:49:01		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.
Wed Jan 18 2017 21:47:34		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.
Fri Jan 13 2017 21:27:56		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.
Fri Jan 13 2017 15:07:26		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.
Fri Jan 13 2017 13:17:07		Volume: Less than 30% of volume media's capacity is free. NETGEAR recommends that you add capacity to maintain current performance levels. Continuous protection snapshots will be deleted when volume free space is less than 5%.