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Author Topic: Autorebuild?  (Read 4048 times)

MaMister

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Autorebuild?
« on: October 30, 2010, 05:30:24 AM »
Hi all, I am asking this just incase one day I may need this knowledge  :)

I have 2 x 500GB Raid-1 Firmware 1.08 DNS-323 and selected autorebuild

If one day my email alert me that one of the drive has fail, am i support to:

1) Log in to check left or right drive fail
2) Remove the faulty drive
3) Put in a replacement of 500GB or greater
4) It will do the job and mirroring it back to the new drive?

Please advice.

Thanks.
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gunrunnerjohn

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Re: Autorebuild?
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2010, 05:33:16 AM »
Well, personally, I'd select manual rebuild and just invoke the rebuild on my schedule, not the NAS box's idea of when it should happen. :)
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Remember: Data you don't have two copies of is data you don't care about!
PS: RAID of any level is NOT a second copy.

MaMister

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Re: Autorebuild?
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2010, 06:16:49 AM »
Thanks for reply, so you mean autorebuild is not advisable?
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dosborne

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Re: Autorebuild?
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2010, 12:25:15 PM »
The advantage of the autorebuild is if you are not around to initiate it, it will happen automatically. But, if I recall correctly, it only happens on a restart anyway.

As mentioned, it is usually better to set it to manual so that you can see what is going on before starting the rebuild. Often it works if the errors are minor, but more than likely at some point the drive will have to be replaced.

Not a big deal one way or the other as you can always set it back to manual and reboot the NAS if you need to.
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MaMister

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Re: Autorebuild?
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2010, 05:06:50 PM »
Ok now i have a better picture. Thanks for all replys ;D
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