How long should mdcsrepair.service take on my readynas104?

[Sjarrel]

Well over a week back I had some trouble accessing my readynas104 via my local network. Best trick with any computer problem: turning it off and on again. Except it's now been stuck on "booting 63%...." for close to 10 days. When pushing the power button again the display changes to "mdcsrepair.servi" and 63%, and stays at that same percentage.

I've got 3 2TB harddisks in the system and am wondering how much longer this is going to take. Does anybody have a rough idea how long this should be taking? Obviously I I'm not expecting a very precise answer, but a general "oh this will take X to Y days" would by nice. Or a "nope, if it's been busy this long you're in trouble!" is also acceptable, though not what I want to hear 😕

Any tips to get stuff going would also be nice, as this device contains many precious memories.

[StephenB]

That service apparently was developed by Netgear, and there is no documention out there that describes what it does

Hopefully one of the mods ( @Marc_V or @JeraldM ) will chime in, and give some guidance.

[Sjarrel]

So a week on, still no change.

Could it simply be that one of my disks has failed?

[StephenB]

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@Sjarrel wrote:

So a week on, still no change.

Could it simply be that one of my disks has failed?

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Yes. What model drives are you using?  Models that use SMR technology can be particularly problematic in RAID arrays.

Still, it shouldn't take nearly that long to repair 3x2TB.