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Slow factory reset RN214 with 3 x 1TB drives
I'm swapping from a NV+ to a RN214. All old data is backed up on USB external drive.
I put the 3 1TB drives from the NV+ in the 214 and started the factory reset. 24 hrs later it had only resync'd 13% per the front panel screen. Also when I try to access the 214 with Raidar, it sees it, also shows the % complete and 3 good drive but I cannot access the 214. Is this normal. At the rate it will be a week to complete.
Ps I first tried it with 4 drives. One brand new 1TB drive and the 3 from the NV+ but it kept throwing off a boot operation error.
I put the 3 1TB drives from the NV+ in the 214 and started the factory reset. 24 hrs later it had only resync'd 13% per the front panel screen. Also when I try to access the 214 with Raidar, it sees it, also shows the % complete and 3 good drive but I cannot access the 214. Is this normal. At the rate it will be a week to complete.
Ps I first tried it with 4 drives. One brand new 1TB drive and the 3 from the NV+ but it kept throwing off a boot operation error.
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It's not normal to take a week to complete. And you should be able to access the admin ui via http://nas-ip-address/admin
If you let it complete, be sure to check the SMART stats before you use the volume.
MMcD3v1 wrote:
Ps I first tried it with 4 drives. One brand new 1TB drive and the 3 from the NV+ but it kept throwing off a boot operation error.Were you following the boot menu instructions to do a factory default? (page 57-58 here: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/ReadyNAS_%20OS6_Desktop_HM_EN.pdf )
Yes I followed. after I pulled the brand new disk it worked. Very quickly went to the 10min countdown and then started.
I have gotten into the NAS and all shows greenOnly at 14.8% now. 158hrs to finish per Systems/Volume tab - blue dialogue box on left. On the Systems tab, in the Overview, Volume and Performance subtabs all looks green. In Volume tab, the 3 drive have green lights. When clicked on each of the 3 drives, I gets a text box that doesn't appear to show anything bad.
However, On another thread, I saw a graph of system performance. I can't seem to find that to see what the CPU might have running as well.
MMcD3 wrote:
Yes I followed. after I pulled the brand new disk it worked. Very quickly went to the 10min countdown and then started.
There is no count-down on the RN214 - Netgear dropped that with OS6. Instead you can switch between xraid and flexraid after the install (with no data loss).
MMcD3 wrote:
I have gotten into the NAS and all shows greenOnly at 14.8% now. 158hrs to finish per Systems/Volume tab - blue dialogue box on left. On the Systems tab, in the Overview, Volume and Performance subtabs all looks green. In Volume tab, the 3 drive have green lights. When clicked on each of the 3 drives, I gets a text box that doesn't appear to show anything bad.
It should sync in a couple hours at most, not a week. Something isn't right. Maybe let it run for a few more hours, and check again.
MMcD3 wrote:
However, On another thread, I saw a graph of system performance. I can't seem to find that to see what the CPU might have running as well.
Those graphs are only shown on x86 NAS (RN3xx and higher).
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