Just now I got a message my NAS was unreachable. Not really the kind of message one wants to see from the box that holds all the data! This is the third time in recent memory (3-5 months?) and each time when I went to reset the NAS I’ve noticed that the #3 drive light was out. I should also mention that the only way to shut it down was to unplug it. Ugh.
Is it the drive? The drive bay? The NAS doesn’t have any helpful advice, and the health stats on the drive in question are impeccable. So what to do?
It turns out that the drives can be reinserted in any order, so I shut the unit down and swapped #3 and #1. Next time it locks up I’ll see if the drive light on #3 or #1 is out, and if it’s #1 I’ll buy a drive and if it’s #3 I’ll swear a lot and decide which new NAS to buy.
SWDuncan 