6. Troubleshooting
This chapter describes basic troubleshooting information.
Hot-Swapping Failed Drives
The NAS supports hot-swapping drives when one member drive fails in RAID 1.
1. Log on to QTS.
2. Go to Main Menu > Storage & Snapshots > Storage > Disks/VJBOD .
3. Locate the failed drive.
4. Prepare a new hard drive with a capacity that is the same as or larger than the failed hard drive.
5. Remove the failed drive from the device.
6. Wait for 20 seconds or until the device beeps twice.
7. Remove the failed drive from the drive tray.
8. Insert the new drive into the drive tray.
9. Install the new drive.
The NAS beeps twice.
10. Go to Main Menu > Storage & Snapshots > Storage Space .
11. Locate the volume that contains the new drive and then verify that the status is Rebuilding.
Forcing Qnder Pro or myQNAPcloud to Locate the NAS
If Qnder Pro or myQNAPcloud is unable to locate the NAS during QTS installation, the drives or data may
be faulty.
1. Power o the NAS.
2. Remove all drives.
3. Power on the NAS.
4. Locate the NAS using Qnder Pro or myQNAPcloud.
5. Reinsert the drives.
6. Continue with the QTS installation.
Recovering Unintentionally Removed Healthy Drives
The NAS supports exclusive RAID recovery technology to recover failed RAID disk volumes from
unintentional disconnection or removal of drives. Users can recover an inactive RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6,
RAID 10, RAID 50, or RAID 60 volume from degraded mode.
Disk Volume RAID Recovery Support Maximum Number of Removed Drives
Single No N/A
JBOD No N/A
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