Looks like my NAS server is having some serious problems.<\/p>\n
And it looks like the hard drive in my laptop may be on it’s way out OH JOY!<\/p>\n
Well the first thing I should do is see if any of the data on the NAS is recoverable… That is of course based on IF (a BIG if) I can get the system to actually finish a diagnostic check.<\/p>\n
Right now I can see two of the directories, but neither of them has any information that appears useful This could be a real pain in the ass since it had been a while since I backed up all the data on the NAS. The failure is very strange and I’m beginning to wonder if Drive 1 of the array is just really jacked up.<\/p>\n
The question is, can I get away with just reformatting the 1st drive and then letting the array rebuild itself? Or am I going to have to replace one or more drives?<\/p>\n
If I’m having to replace more than 2 drives I don’t think the array can reconstruct and all the data may be lost.<\/p>\n
On the other hand if I’m going to have to buy new hard drives… I wonder if I can get a quantity discount?<\/p>\n
My laptop is making noises that I usually associate with imminent drive failure so it’s time to decide either to replace the drive with something bigger or to replace the computer. I’m leaning more toward replacing the drive. The machine is an Apple and that means even getting to the drive is a MAJOR pain in the ass.<\/p>\n
Maybe It would be easier on my nerves to send it out and use the netbook while the Mac is out of commission.<\/p>\n
Uggghhhh!<\/p>\n
I hate diseased machines!<\/p>\n
I think it’s my Karma coming home to roost. I must have been a real asshole in a previous life… Oh wait, I’m a real asshole in this life Karmic justice isn’t supposed to work this quick is it?<\/p>\n
Yeah I’m annoyed but I’m trying to maintain my sense of humor about it.<\/p>\n
Gentle Reader, I hope your day is going a lot better than mine.<\/p>\n
Update ———- 2011 12 12<\/p>\n
For those of you that seem to find this post interesting. This one get read a lot don’t know why…<\/p>\n
The Raid array has been rebuilt 3 times now. The individual drives appear to be fine and pass all diagnostics that I can throw at them. When placed back in the RAID 5 Configuration (After complete data loss) the NAS runs fine for a few days then the OS crashes requiring a reboot.<\/p>\n
This has resulted in my re-flashing the OS in the NAS taking 7 days to reformat and test each of the disks in the array and now I’ve configured to RAID 10.<\/p>\n
I’d begun to think that the NAS OS was compromised, nothing added up drives don’t sequentially fail. Especially not after having been reformatted and reconfigured a couple of times. So the NAS has no access to the internet, and I’m going to let it run with no data for a few weeks just to see what happens.<\/p>\n
If it turns out it’s some script kiddie playing around with hacking my small little system, I really feel sorry for them that they don’t have something better to do.<\/p>\n
I’ll be contacting some of my more interesting friends to see if I can have an nasty little surprise waiting for them before I re-enable internet access.<\/p>\n
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Looks like my NAS server is having some serious problems. And it looks like the hard drive in my laptop may be on it’s way out OH JOY! Well the first thing I should do is see if any of the data on the NAS is recoverable… That is of course based on IF (a … <\/p>\n