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Data: DEGRADED on RN104
Hi guys, extreme help required. Added a second 4TB WD RED into slot 2 of my RN104 NAS tonight and everything started off ok and then suddenly I have the following flashing at me every few seconds.. ...
Hi StephenB,
Been a while since I was able to reply - apologies for that - I think I am unable to grasp the while RAID thing still.
With regards to the first replay - yes it is GB and not TB the change size is.
I do have snapshots enabled but not for all folders
Now to the more complicated (for me :) ) my NAS setup
Currently with 2 of the 4 bays filled with both 4TB HDD's and currently set at RAID -1 which as I understand it as Slot 2 being a complete backup of Slot 1 - so while having 8TB of storage I actually have 4TB of storage and 4TB as backup.
Now here is my next step. I now have just received my 3rd 4TB HDD for Slot 3 (not installed yet as waiting gone your superb advice to date !!)
While I currently cannot connect to my NAS using the web due to it continuously being offline and presuming this is something to do with it being busy with all my data as only 9% of free space left I have a question (eventually !) can I turn off the RAID on the NAS now prior to inserting the 3rd HDD and what effect will it have on the SLOT 1 and 2.
Also if I just insert Slot 3 now I know you told me that it would change the RAID from 1 to 5 - what exactly would I have storage wise to work with ? Slot 1 4TB Slot 2 ? Slot 3? considering that the toal would be 12TB.
I obviously won't turn off the RAID if this would cause issues with my data etc and I won't do anything until I hear back from you.
Many thanks :?
Been a while since I was able to reply - apologies for that - I think I am unable to grasp the while RAID thing still.
With regards to the first replay - yes it is GB and not TB the change size is.
I do have snapshots enabled but not for all folders
Now to the more complicated (for me :) ) my NAS setup
Currently with 2 of the 4 bays filled with both 4TB HDD's and currently set at RAID -1 which as I understand it as Slot 2 being a complete backup of Slot 1 - so while having 8TB of storage I actually have 4TB of storage and 4TB as backup.
Now here is my next step. I now have just received my 3rd 4TB HDD for Slot 3 (not installed yet as waiting gone your superb advice to date !!)
While I currently cannot connect to my NAS using the web due to it continuously being offline and presuming this is something to do with it being busy with all my data as only 9% of free space left I have a question (eventually !) can I turn off the RAID on the NAS now prior to inserting the 3rd HDD and what effect will it have on the SLOT 1 and 2.
Also if I just insert Slot 3 now I know you told me that it would change the RAID from 1 to 5 - what exactly would I have storage wise to work with ? Slot 1 4TB Slot 2 ? Slot 3? considering that the toal would be 12TB.
I obviously won't turn off the RAID if this would cause issues with my data etc and I won't do anything until I hear back from you.
Many thanks :?
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