Recent content by cstokes86

Just got my new Synology. Can't wait to get this beast setup: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FOIwZa9U5sk/VfsOfaI9CwI/AAAAAAADzjA/w2o4tCuGlPA/s576-Ic42/IMG_20150917_142422.jpg It's a smaller footprint than what I was expecting, but that's good for me! I already installed the extra 4GB RAM...

drtweak, Thanks for the props. It's definitely a huge upgrade. I'm installing extra memory AND WD Red Pros :) I'm going to see about gaining SSH access into the Lacie and checking the SMART status and mdadm if the rebuild fails with the new replacement I ordered. Hopefully it will just all...

S Haran, That's good to know! I will give that a try in the event this identical replacement doesn't do the trick. Appreciate the help so far from both of you!

Thanks, S Haran. But without the drives being attached to the raid controller from which they were configured through I do not believe I would be able to access any of the data on the drives. Are you saying the individual drives contain some sort of file that the raid controller sets up when...

S Haran, I looked through the entire manual but didn't find anything explaining how one would connect via SSH from putty or terminal. While there is the mention of SSH FTP (SFTP) that is just a secured version of FTP and from what I can tell isn't any means of using SSH to get into the...

This is odd, I thought I responded to drtweak last night, but I don't see my response. :/ drtweak, You may be right that something on the array is corrupt and causing the rebuild to fail. I ordered a new ST2000DM001 and will throw that in once it arrives to see if the NAS just doesn't like...

Hi Everyone, I hope this forum is still pretty active. I have an issue that I've never run into before. I have 5 2TB drives in RAID 5 and it has worked flawlessly over the 3-4 years I've had it. Drives in the past have failed and I simply swapped it out with the same size and model number as...