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Synchronizing or dead?
ReadyNAS NV+ (v1): Two of my four (XRAID1) disks started reporting errors a week after I bought the NAS (back in 2009). I bought two new ones but after awhile, one of the original disks started report...
Yes, the NV+ was turned off and I pulled the disk out and put it in my PC and did the F/W update and SMART tests etc. using Seagates utility.
I the reinserted it into the NV+ and started it.
The NV+ then said 'Kernel panic' so I turned it off, pulled the disk out and started the NV+ again. It started without problems.
I then inserted the disk (while the NV+ was on) and it then started syncing.
The health status shown in RAIDar and Frontview for the upgraded disk is 'dead' and while the upgraded disk is in I have a hard time accessing the data on the volume. When the disk was out, I could save the most important stuff I had on it (14 years of programming projects - pwheew).
Yeah, the disks are all on the HCL. I bought it with two disks already installed and I then bought two just like them. Unfortunately, the firmware has since (in 2011 I think) been confirmed flawed by Seagate.
Could the NV+ be confused by the data already on the upgraded disk (even though it *was* in sync when I did the upgrade)? Should I format it somehow?
I had another Seagate disk (not the same model) that I did a SATA reset on to clean it, but that fried it completely. I can't see it when it's attached to my PC in neither BIOS nor via Seagates own utility (that I used to fry it). I don't think I dare to try that on another disk. :-/
Br,
Ted
I the reinserted it into the NV+ and started it.
The NV+ then said 'Kernel panic' so I turned it off, pulled the disk out and started the NV+ again. It started without problems.
I then inserted the disk (while the NV+ was on) and it then started syncing.
The health status shown in RAIDar and Frontview for the upgraded disk is 'dead' and while the upgraded disk is in I have a hard time accessing the data on the volume. When the disk was out, I could save the most important stuff I had on it (14 years of programming projects - pwheew).
Yeah, the disks are all on the HCL. I bought it with two disks already installed and I then bought two just like them. Unfortunately, the firmware has since (in 2011 I think) been confirmed flawed by Seagate.
Could the NV+ be confused by the data already on the upgraded disk (even though it *was* in sync when I did the upgrade)? Should I format it somehow?
I had another Seagate disk (not the same model) that I did a SATA reset on to clean it, but that fried it completely. I can't see it when it's attached to my PC in neither BIOS nor via Seagates own utility (that I used to fry it). I don't think I dare to try that on another disk. :-/
Br,
Ted
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