QNAP TS259 Pro+ single hard drive degrading
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QNAP TS259 Pro+ single hard drive degrading
I have TS259 pro+, it has two bay but I only have one hard drive, there is no hard drive in bay 2. The hard drive is degrading, after doing some research it looks like I need to replace the hard drive. How do I do this the correct way, can I put a hard drive in second bay and mirror the existing hard drive? All the tutorials I found had 2 hard drives, I couldn't find anything for 1 hard drive.
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Re: QNAP TS259 Pro+ single hard drive degrading
It's too late now for that..the RAID redundancy should have been build before the drive went bad
Remove the drive and start the NAS from scratch (2 drives in RAID1 this time) ..
Remove the drive and start the NAS from scratch (2 drives in RAID1 this time) ..
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Re: QNAP TS259 Pro+ single hard drive degrading
it will be a drive in the second bay
you cannot create a raid1 with a degraded drive
don't tell me you have no backups (what was the plan here with a single drive?)
you cannot create a raid1 with a degraded drive
don't tell me you have no backups (what was the plan here with a single drive?)
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Re: QNAP TS259 Pro+ single hard drive degrading
I inherited the nas1, I have no idea if there is a back up or why there was only a single drive. Can I take a backup and go from there? What are my options? Is it possible to get data from the drive and bring it over to the new drive?
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If the data is of any value do an external backup asap .. a USB drive wold work
after that is done, you can think of options
after that is done, you can think of options
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Re: QNAP TS259 Pro+ single hard drive degrading
I was looking through the error logs and found this error: Error 2021/10/13 14:42:53 System 127.0.0.1 localhost Drive 2 unplugged.
It looks like there are two drivers, but one of them was unplugged on that date. If I plug Drive 2 back, can I hot swap Drive 1? I'm not sure why Drive 2 was unplugged
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so the backup is done ?
a couple of screenshots of the disks management would help to understand what is going on
a couple of screenshots of the disks management would help to understand what is going on
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Re: QNAP TS259 Pro+ single hard drive degrading
The backup is not done, I am not near the nas1 location, I will be there tomorrow.
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Re: QNAP TS259 Pro+ single hard drive degrading
So it says mirroring disk volume..that is a RAID1 ..so if the second disk is swapped (hot! while on) the rebuild should start
sidenote..hope you are accessing the NAS remotely via secure means (e g. VPN .no, that does not cost anything) and not via an exposed NAS unit
sidenote..hope you are accessing the NAS remotely via secure means (e g. VPN .no, that does not cost anything) and not via an exposed NAS unit
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Re: QNAP TS259 Pro+ single hard drive degrading
Yes, I am accessing NAS remotely via VPN. I will go in and switch the second drive and replace it (while on) with a new drive.
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Re: QNAP TS259 Pro+ single hard drive degrading
Thank you for your help!!! Everything went well.dolbyman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:08 am So it says mirroring disk volume..that is a RAID1 ..so if the second disk is swapped (hot! while on) the rebuild should start
sidenote..hope you are accessing the NAS remotely via secure means (e g. VPN .no, that does not cost anything) and not via an exposed NAS unit
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Re: QNAP TS259 Pro+ single hard drive degrading
glad it worked .. hope you also do backups from now on