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ReadyNAS NV+ disc replacement failure using identical disk type
My ReadyNAS NV+ is equipped with 4 identical 2 TB drives. Seagate Model ST2000DM001. I am running XRAID. Was receiving notices of increasing bad sectors, in increasing numbers on Drive 4. Purchased an identical drive online. Attempted hot swap failed. Attempted cold boot failed. Log messages both times showed ... "The disk attached to channel 4 could not be used. The most common reasons are RAID resync in progress, faulty drives, and disks that are too small to be added to the array." Health Status shows drive dead. Reformatted the drive NTFS, tried both procedures again. Same result both times. Eventually re-inserted original drive 4. Syncing process took 5 days but finally succeeded, as both log entry and email indicated. Unfortunately, drive 4 failed permanently 2 days later, so the warnings were valid all along. Purchased a 3 TB Seagate drive online. Model ST3000DM008. Tried both procedures again (hot, cold) but received same log message and status (Dead). Verified 3 TB storage capacity in Windows, reformatted NTFS, tried both procedures again. I have left the new drive in the Drive 4 slot, with the light blinking. I am considering data migration options but would like to get redundancy back on this unit. HELP!!!Solved3KViews0likes9Comments