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Reset ReadyNes Duo v2 to Factory Settings
Hi, My unit is running on the new beta firmware. I modified the active directory settings and now I cannot connect via browser. It keeps telling me that the unit is offline, but I can browse all my folders via My Computer. How can I reset the unit back to factory settings? I have tried to power it down and then press the reset button on the back and power it up holding the reset button in. But no go. Any help is greatly appreciative. Thanks
What does SMART ATA error mean exactly?
Hi, so NAS started sending me mails about one of my HDs failing, at every start. It's a Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (I got two identical in mirror mode) which is also in compatibility list (http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641) for my ReadyNas duo V2. The HD is roughly 8 moths old, it is online mostly few hours per day and usually doesn't even spin for more than an hour per day or even less, it's spin down timer is set to 15 mins. So IMHO it should work for many years, considering the use of HD in a PC is much more aggressive. So what do exactly the following mean: Current Pending Sector Offline Uncorrectable ATA Error And why does my HD have so many flying head hours? Head Flying Hours: 99291053949400 My log looks like this: Mon Aug 5 17:03:32 CEST 2013 Detected increasing ATA errors on disk 2[ST2000DM001-9YN164, Z1E1CJ4H] 6959 times in the past 30 days. This often indicates an impending failure. Please be prepared to replace this disk to maintain data redundancy. Mon Aug 5 17:03:27 CEST 2013 System is up. Mon Aug 5 17:03:07 CEST 2013 ATA error count has increased in the last day. Disk 2: Previous count: 6382 Current count: 6946 Also from time to time I hear some clicking noises from NAS, like the HD head is being quickly parked and then unparked again, but not sure if that has anything to do with it. Whole SMART data from my NAS: SMART Information for Disk 2 Model: ST2000DM001-9YN164 1863 GB Firmware Version: CC4B SMART Attribute Spin Up Time: 0 Start Stop Count: 665 Reallocated Sector Count: 0 Power On Hours: 1747 Spin Retry Count: 0 Power Cycle Count: 177 Runtime Bad Block: 0 End-to-End Error: 0 Reported Uncorrect: 193 Command Timeout: 4295032833 High Fly Writes: 0 Airflow Temperature Cel: 37 G-Sense Error Rate: 0 Power-Off Retract Count: 173 Load Cycle Count: 3266 Temperature Celsius: 37 Current Pending Sector: 6 Offline Uncorrectable: 6 UDMA CRC Error Count: 0 Head Flying Hours: 99291053949400 Total LBAs Written: 28198796910951 Total LBAs Read: 2343761829418 ATA Error Count: 7172 (device log contains only the most recent five errors) Any info would be helpfull! Regards, DanielNAS Not all drives are equal - choosing the right drive for you
One of the most important decisions you will make when purchasing a NAS is the decision as to which drives to purchase to put in it. Indeed depending on which NAS model and which drives you buy you can spend more (or almost as much) on disks as you spend on the NAS itself. It is vital that you get this decision right. We have a hard disk compatibility list for you to choose drives from: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641 Whether the drive has Rotational Vibration Safeguard, the warranty length and the price of the drive can give an initial indication as to the quality of the drive. Particularly in desktop models with large numbers of drive bays and in rackmount models, Rotational Vibration Safeguard is important. Indeed in the 12-bay models it is essential. Drives pitched at consumers tend to have shorter warranties. Drives targeted at business users tend to have longer warranties and be designed to handle heavy 24x7 use. If the NAS is used for primary storage then considering backup storage as well is important. What drives will you use in e.g. a backup NAS? Budget and capacity requirements are important considerations. Should you go with lower capacity enterprise drives or higher capacity drives targeted at consumers? Drive choice is very much a personal choice. I would recommend that when you do narrow it down to a handful of options that you may wish to purchase that you do a search for them e.g. using Google and take a look at reviews for the drives to see how other users have found them. Some drives have lower failure rates than others. If you need help with selecting the right drive for you please ask and the community will be happy to assist. Do you have any tips for drive selection or an experience you'd like to share or do you have a question about choosing drives for your NAS? Please comment below.WD Red drives park their heads like WD Green drives?
So I checked the SMART stats on my new 4TB Red drive (WD40EFRX) today. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that in only 249 power-on hours it has already experienced 36820 load/unload cycles! Meanwhile, the 4TB Seagate drive (ST4000VN000) in that NAS, with the same number of power-on hours, has a load cycle count of... 2. 36820 load cycles in 249 hours is one load cycle every 24 seconds or so. According to Western Digital's marketing "datasheet", the drive is rated for 600K cycles; at this rate, my drive will reach that 600K threshold in only about another six months. Is anyone else seeing this sort of crazy green-drive head parking behavior from WD Red drives?
Connect ReadyNAS directly to pc without internet?
Can Seagate NAS HHD 4TB hard drives that were in a ReadyNAS 316 be used in a ReadyNAS 104 4-bay Diskless or a ReadyNAS 314 4-bay Diskless? Does it matter what order they were in? They were mixed up. Also...I moved to an isolated area in the woods. No internet access whatsoever. Can I access the 104 or 314 directly from my laptop using just the usb cord?22KViews0likes36Comments
ReadyNAS Pro - Replace CPU Fan
The 80mm CPU fan on my ReadyNAS Pro Business NAS is starting to go. This is an early model that arrived with the CPU three pin header connected to the daughter board, as opposed to the main board. The announcment: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/12240/~/service-action-for-x86-readynas-pro-cpu-fan-speed-control-(2009-) My question - 1) Is this correct - the early units had CPU fans with 3 pin header as opposed to 4 pin header, so the fix was to hook up the header to the daughter board which has a 3 pin header? 2) I'd like to get a quiet fan, as opposed to the original fan. I've read in this forum that the Noctua NF-R8 PWM 80mm Case Fan is very good. This has a 4 pin header. Is there anything better for the NAS? 3) Will a 4 pin PWM replacement fan work on the main board 4 pin header with no other hardware or software modification? 4) I assume I'll want to delete/stop the ToggleSwitchProCPUFan cron job once the new fan is connected to the 4 pin header on the main board? Thanks! My two ReadyNAS Pro's are still going strong. Not ready for the landfill yet.Changed router, can't see NAS
I had my ReadyNas set up working fine with my wi-fi router (connected via a switch). In order not to clash with my work's network, the NAS was assigned a static IP of 192.168.3.39 I had to replace my wi-fi router as it ceased to work. The new router is now working fine for internet (with std IP 192.168.1.1), and the hard connected PC and the wireless devices are all fine - but I can't see the NAS any more. Can't ping it. how can I regain access to my NAS? (Sorry, I can't recall the exact model as I am not near the device right now, but it was bought a couple of years ago)
ReadyNAS Ultra 6 Plus.... 18TB -> 24TB
Hi, Currently using 6x3TB Seagate 3TB ST3000DM001 drives on a ReadyNAS Ultra 6 Plus. Not a very good drive though imo, had already 2 bad ones, curiously both were in slot No.2 of the NAS... wondered if something wrong with NAS too for a moment. Any ideas? I'm thinking about expanding to 24TB using 4TB ST4000DM000 drives. (not in HCL) Will I be able to make this transition simply by "pulling old 3TB/inserting new 4TB/wait-for-syncing" drives one-by-one? Thanks!
RNDU4000 ReadyNAS Ultra 4 - Max hard disk size
I currently have 4No. 4TB drives in my Ultra 4 NAS configured in raid 10 or Netgear equivalent (Mirrored to give 8TB minus FAT and other system info)... I know that the list of recommended drives does not exceed 4TB sized drives. However I also note that the list of drives has not been updated since the Ultra 4 got discontinued when 4TB drives were current. Since then 5 and 6 TB drives have been released into the market. Has anyone tried to use any larger drives in this unit? What happened? I have just purchased a ReadyNAS 314 unit which I plan to fit out with 4No. 6TB WD Red hard drives... Before I fit these into the 314, I'm thinking to remove the existing 4No. hard drives from my old Ultra 4 NAS and and try the 6TB drives in there place. Once this experiment is complete would there be any problems with reinstalling the existing 4TB disks back into the Ultra 4 without any issues? Thanks.Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166
All, I have a readynas Ultra 4 with (3) 2TB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 -302 drives in it. I have firmware CC3C that came with the drives. I have read the issues people have had with these drives. I have had my nas now for almost 1week and have no issues (fingers crossed) at all. I went to seagates website and found out my drives were manufactured 12-30-2011. I noticed drives that were problematic had a part number which ended in 301. Seagates website states I have the latest firmware for these drives (enter serial number of each drive). Can anyone shed any light on this since I am a bit apprehensive even though all seems to be working fine. Any new information is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
