LS-WVL (Linkstation Duo Pro) 3TB RAID initialize - 9500 minutes?

[szspam]

Hi all,

 

I recently purchased this unit and so far have had no end to the problems. I purchased it with no drives, but purchased 2 x 3TB Western Digital drives separately.
So far...

 

• Device would not boot right out of the box. Was stuck in 'Emergency Mode'
• Would not firmware update. Used all sorts of trickery (and help from these forums) to finally force firmware update
• Setup RAID1 - I think I recall it took about 2 days to initialize
• After I moved 2TB of data onto it (about 3 days or so), the RAID fell over (1 drive showed 'error')
• Took 7 days to backup to USB!!! (next time I'll attached the USB to my PC and backup over the network - faster than the inbuilt backup)
• Started rebuild of array. This took 7 days!!!
• After rebuild completed the unit was locking up so I rebooted it
• Immediately after reboot another drive showed an error!

I just deleted the RAID array and thought I'd restart.

Now when I create a new array it tells me it will take about 9500 minutes to check/initialize. I have rebooted the device, pulled out the drives, deleted the RAID array (again) and it still estimates 9000-10000 minutes.
Is this normal for this NAS?

I'm starting to think this is a piece of **bleep**.

[drmemory]

Did you buy a second-hand one in which the owner had stripped out the drives? That partial part number is for a product that comes with 2 drives already installed and with the firmware already on the drives.

[szspam]

Hi drmemory,

 

This was brand new, out of the box, from a popular shopfront. If it were second hand I would accept that it had issues.
It's 20% complete and has 7000minutes to go.

Is this normal?

I'm concerned that it will complete (after about 7 days as it has done before) but the next time it is rebooted the RAID will simply fall over again.

[szspam]

I give up.

 

This NAS seems to be renowed for having issues. The administration interface and O/S appear as though they have been written as a middle school assignment.
The unit is unreliable, slow and I honestly do not trust that my data is safe while it resides on this deathbox.

I've since purchased a Synology NAS and it is light years ahead.

If you want to travel back to the 1980's then buy a Buffalo NAS. If you want something that works, buy something else.
Refund here I come...

[szspam]

Well whaddya know?

Our second NAS (we purchased two identical NAS's on same day) is having the exact, same problem as the original one. Drives keep going offline, takes 10000+ minutes to rebuild.

What absolute trash.

 

These are no better than a door stop. Have already refunded the first unit, second unit to follow soon.

[buffalomania]

This could be a firmware issue and not compatible with WD Red. 2TB raid1 to initialize is less than 2 days

[StuTheDog]

Is anyone from Buffalo monitoring this thread?  I am having the same problems, has any progress been made towards a solution?

My drops off every couple of days and will require start-restart several times before finally stabilizing.  I notice there's an On-Off-Auto switch on the back set to Auto, could that have some effect?