Since 6 months i installed my DNS-323 and it was working excellent !!!

I was using in RAID 1 configuration to store daily and nightly backup from a small-office server.
Now it happens that backups are aborted because Error Code 1117.
I tested the disks separately : both raise Error Code 1117 trying to copy file.
I can't say how many files raise that error by the way are many and many.
Disks :
Hitachi Deskstar
Model : HDP725050GLA360
Capacity : 500GB
DNS-323 :
Firmware 1.03
Is an I/O failure due the disk or due to the DNS-323 ?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Stefano Campri