Last week I had a drive fail in bay 2 of my ReadyNAS Pro 6, so I replace the drive. It still reports dead. I've rebooted the device with no change. Is there any hope for it or do I need to replace it? All the bays are full.
Model: ReadyNASRNDP6000|ReadyNAS Pro 6 Chassis only
Yes, tried that. Thanks. Unfortunatly no change. The drive spins up, checks the drive then reports it as unprotected with drive 2 dead. This happens with 2 different drives. I suspect the second bay is dead.
This happens with 2 different drives. I suspect the second bay is dead.
Me too.
You can confirm by powering down the NAS, removing the remaining 5 drives (labeling by slot), and then power up with only the new disk in slot 1. That should do a factory install onto that drive. When/if it completes, power down again and move that drive to slot 2. If it fails to boot, you have confirmed that it's the slot.
The hardware warranty is 5 years, so it is possible you still have warranty coverage.
After buying a new NAS and transferring the data over, then running the test you suggested, the NAS worked fine. I will continue to test to see if I can get it to fault.
