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buchhla
Jun 20, 2012Aspirant
terrible write performance when almost full
Hi, I own a NV+ V2, and have been loving it so far. My issue has happened recently when the device is almost full. Basically, I can not write the last 70 GB free on the device. I have 4x spinpoint ...
StephenB
Aug 20, 2012Guru - Experienced User
Do you have an open slot? If so, you could try attaching silica gel packs to the unused drive tray. I suspect a lot of the damage is due to condensation, the gel packs might reduce or prevent that. Also, when the unit is running the temp is probably high enough to prevent most condensation, so if you are attached to external power you might keep the unit running.
buchhla wrote: Thanks, I will take a look... I never really noticed this issue with older ext3 NAS's I have had. I live on boat, and am in the south pacific as we speak, so getting new hard drives will be a bit of a stretch for the time being. I am happy finally having RAID on my drives as electronics out here don't last long in the salt air...
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