Thread: QNAS Warning?

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

.... and am actually interested in the the replacement procedure,,

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Probably depends on how your storage has been setup.

I only use single volume mode(ie. not raid, nor JBOD).
They should be hot swappable if you're in single volume mode.

Dunno the 'correct' procedure if you've used RAID mode, and obviously you wouldn't have (ever) used JBOD mode!!

I think if you've used RAID 5 the box will rebuild the replacement disk itself.

If you have spares, and use single volumes, then backup all data to a spare(even a USB connected drive) and replace once it's backed up.

The scan found two bad blocks,,
so what happens now?

Normally it would flag those blocks as BAD and not write to them.

Hmm the Qnas didnt like the fault,, so a quick turn off,, HDD replacement and reboot,, and BINGO!
4 green lights, and a NOTICE to say its rebuilding a drive,,

mind you its an ATOM so I think I'll sleep on it,,,



and yes,, it WAS a green WD that I replaced,,

funny how WD have stopped selling GREEN HDD's,, and now sell BLUE HDD's,,

funny huh,,

shouldnt be using a green WD in a NAS.

Originally Posted by Eevo

shouldnt be using a green WD in a NAS.

+1

I have one(2Tb) in a USB HDD box, and it's slow as hell. Quiet, but slow. So I have it on the USB2 line.
Blacks are much faster(about 3x), so they go on the USB3 line.

For NAS ... WD Reds all the way.

ps. not all WD greens are bad .. like Seagate drives.
I've had 100% failure on my 3 Seagates over the past 10 years, and even tho the Barracuda was the fastest drive I've yet had .. I prefer reliable.
So far (about 15 years), I still have 0% failure with any of my WD drives.
Problem is what to do with them!
Green and Black WD have so far proven reliable. I reckon they'd now be about 5 or 6yrs old each, and they do take a hammering. I regularly reformat them for a bit more speed every 12-24months.

Green may have to go soon, even tho there's nothing wrong with it other than it only has 170Gb space remaining on it.
I use it only for photo storage space as local access for the PC. I'll need to replace it soon.

Hmm, woke up this morning to this,,
degraded.JPG

The nas is showing 4 green drive lights,, so the replacement is connected,,
but also a solid red and flashing amber,, I gather this means "degraded"
as thats what QNAP is telling me,,