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Lizard1977

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#248278 18-Mar-2019 09:19
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As if it wasn't enough that my kids wake up in the middle of the night crying, needing attention, now my technology has taken to doing the same thing...

 

Last night, around 2.30am, my Synology NAS started beeping.  I got up to investigate, and discovered that volume 1 had "crashed".  It's not a RAID (haven't got around to it yet), just a single SHR/BTRFS volume.  I seem to be able to access data through File Station in Synology DSM, and when I ran a SMART quick test, it came up with "normal", but noted 1 bad sector.  Specifically, "1 bad sectors were detected and have been automatically repaired by the disk.  Bad Sector Count displays the sum of SMART Attributes "Reallocated Sectors Count", "Current Pending Sector Count" and "Uncorrectable Sector Count".  It may indicate that the disk surface has been physically damaged.  This is repairable because data can be transferred to spare areas on the disk."

 

A couple of questions arise:

 

1. Is it time to get a new disk?  I was already planning on it, as it's reached 90% capacity, and "only" has 388GB left.

 

2. Is it recoverable in the short term?  And if so, what should I do?  Do I just restart the NAS, or do I need to something else?


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  #2200567 18-Mar-2019 09:24
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My $0.02. Always replace a drive as soon as it shows any sign of failure, including recoverable bad sectors.




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  #2200592 18-Mar-2019 09:43
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1 question

Is your data so unimportant that you are asking this
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replace it while its still working & readable .
It might be 100% OK after this , but are you willing to take the risk.

 

Ive seen plenty of very faulty drives pass smart checks.


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  #2200604 18-Mar-2019 10:04
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Lizard1977:

 

...  Last night, around 2.30am, my Synology NAS started beeping.  I got up to investigate, and discovered that volume 1 had "crashed".  It's not a RAID (haven't got around to it yet), just a single SHR/BTRFS volume. ...

 

 

I run four Synology NAS units, all with RAID.

 

They are very reliable devices - they don't bleep for no reason.

 

As others have said, replace your dying drive immediately.

 

I strongly suggest that you upgrade to RAID while you are at it.





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  #2200614 18-Mar-2019 10:11
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Thanks for that advice.

 

Before I even posted that I had ordered a replacement drive.  All of the important data on that drive is backed up to two independent locations, so it's not insecure, it would just be a hassle to have to retrieve it from backups if there is an easy way to recover it from the current drive.  I guess I already knew the answer to question 1, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't over-reacting.

 

Question 2 is probably more pertinent.  What do I do until the new disk arrives?  Is it possible to recover the drive so that it is operable for the 24-48 hours it'll take for the drive to arrive?


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  #2200738 18-Mar-2019 12:31
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as you have a backup, i would suggest you recover from that. no telling if any of your data on the current faulty disk has been corrupted already or will reading them will fail... it might just prolong the inevitable for you.

 

 

 

 


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