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Products => Storage => : dwiener October 30, 2018, 09:32:28 AM

: Drive Check
: dwiener October 30, 2018, 09:32:28 AM

How long should a drive check take. My 4 drive 4tb raid 5  linkstation has been running for almost 3 days now. When can I expect it to be useable again? Is it safe to power it off and see if it restarts normally?

: Re: Drive Check
: davo October 30, 2018, 10:54:06 AM

If you restart it then it will start again from the beginning, it can take days.

: Re: Drive Check
: dwiener October 30, 2018, 01:44:47 PM

Just starting on day 4. ughhhh

: Re: Drive Check
: dwiener October 31, 2018, 03:03:32 PM

: davo  October 30, 2018, 10:54:06 AM

If you restart it then it will start again from the beginning, it can take days.

After starting on day 5 I finally gave up and just disconnected power to the unit. When I started it back up it booted just fine and my array was back. I was thinking of upgrading the drives in this array from 1tb x4 to 4tb x 4 but am now wondering if it is worth the aggrivation.