Hi togehter
My NAS doesn't work correctly anymore.
I have a RAID 5 (5 disks each 3 TB) configured.
A little background:
Once again a HD broke. I replaced it and the raid could be restored.
Shortly after it I received 400 (!) emails (thanks for the good software lacie) saying that my "Fan is not working anymore".
When I finally got home from work, I checked if the NAS is abnormal hot, however this was not the case. I switched it off anyway. Waited a few hours to let it cool down, then turned it back on. Immediately I received E-Mails about the fan again. Turned him off again and waited a day.
Now when I turn it on the front LED is always blinking (slow and steady, blue-and-off) and the LEDs of the HDs are "blinking normally". However the NAS does never boot, I can't access the mapped folder and I also can't turn off the NAS normally (need to remove power plug).
So I tried to install the "Standalone Kernel" via fvdw-sl-16 console. I choose the file "UIMAGE-26394-5BIG1-43-standalone" (also tried: "UIMAGE-3142-KIRKWOOD-150-standalone") (since I didn't found a found for 5big2, hope this i the correct one?). The firmware can be installed, the NAS led is even shining blue. However the telnet always times out, no matter how long I wait. I disabled the firewall, are connected via a cable etc. I also tried telnet to another server and there it works.
Any ideas what's going wrong? Or what I could try?
My personal guess is probably that I have to take out all my disks, attach it to a "real" mainboard (computer), use a linux with "mdadm" and copy my data away this way...
Any help is appreciated
Patrick
PS:
I already have a broken disk for the 4th (or 5th?) time and it appears my NAS is now "completely" broken again (this is the also the second time, that I probably have to send in the whole NAS...).... Am I the only one with this luck with the 5big2 or have others the same problems?
PPS:
This is already the second time, I'm looking for help here, this is my last thread: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1453&start=20 .
However so much time already passed that I forgot almost everything.. ;)