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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-343 => Topic started by: oss001 on January 20, 2011, 12:47:20 PM
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I just had a drive go down on my DNS-343 and want to make sure that I do the replacement correctly because I don't have a means to back it up. If I lose everything, I start over...
I have a DNS-343 running a raid 5 with 4 2tb Seagate hard drives. My firmware version is 1.03.
Yesterday I noticed that my volume had degraded. I can still access my files via the network but obviously a drive is bad. I logged into the device, to Status -> Hard Drive Info and it lists 3 hard drives instead of 4. These hard drives are listed under slots 1, 2 and 3, and all show normal.
So what I am getting from this is that the HD in slot 4 has had a complete failure and is not showing. (Instructions say bad drive should be listed, and show a status of Abnormal). My plan is to shutdown, replace drive 4, restart, login and let the process run. I guess I am a little worried, because I am questioning if it is slot 4 that is the failed drive, or if its listing drives in sequential order. Does it sound like I am right with the drive in slot 4 having a complete failure?
Sorry for the newbie question, first time this has happened and I want to make sure I don't lose my data...
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Well after reading this article http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=14053.0 I am not so sure I need a new drive. I am now thinking I am joined the ranks of people having unfixable errors with this unit. I got this drive to protect my data, but I think I should have checked the reviews. Hopefully there is a simple solution, but I am not going to wait long. With one drive down now on a raid 5 I am living on borrowed time. I am already researching Raid Cards...
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Read an article on the system losing a drive after a reboot, and that it needs a cold restart. Shutdown the unit from the office, restarted when I got home. 4th drive is now recognized and running properly again, that was all that was needed thankfully...