NSA-325 v2: Problems with disk1 in two different systems

myZyxel
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Hello,

I use my NSA-325 just as Backup and not running 7x24.
I own four NSA-325 v2 an two of them use 2x 4TB WD40EZRX drives (JBOD).
For the first time I did a volume scan which failed on both systems with disk1 ("failed to scan volume") and checks disk 2 on both without any problem.
Is there a known problem with 4TB drives in slot one and volume scan?

Another question I have: Can I use all available disk space on JBOD-disks or should I keep some space free?

Thanks a lot for your help and stay healthy
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  • Mijzelf
    Mijzelf Posts: 2,790  Guru Member
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    Is there a known problem with 4TB drives in slot one and volume scan?
    e2fsck can fail on large filesystems due to lack of memory when in repairing mode. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me that it can also fail when in scanning mode.
    You can try to run it manually to see how it ends.
    On a 325 e2fsck is renamed to e2fsck.old (or e2fsck.orig? Don't have a 325 at the moment), so the command would be

    e2fsck.old -n /dev/md0

    Can I use all available disk space on JBOD-disks or should I keep some space free?
    I suppose you are talking about filesystem space? When you fill it to the rim the performance will drop significantly.

  • myZyxel
    myZyxel Posts: 19  Freshman Member
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    Hello mijzelf,

    thanks for your quick answer.
    e2fsck.new -n /dev/md0 did the job:

    e2fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
    Warning!  /dev/md0 is mounted.
    Warning: skipping journal recovery because doing a read-only filesystem check.
    /dev/md0 contains a file system with errors, check forced.
    Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
    Pass 2: Checking directory structure
    Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
    /lost+found not found.  Create? no

    Pass 4: Checking reference counts
    Pass 5: Checking group summary information
    Free blocks count wrong (961121019, counted=961121018).
    Fix? no

    Free inodes count wrong (244160638, counted=244160637).
    Fix? no


    /dev/md0: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **********

    /dev/md0: 1922/244162560 files (0.1% non-contiguous), 15508229/976629248 blocks


    Can I repair the system using e2fsk?

    Thanks a lot.
  • Mijzelf
    Mijzelf Posts: 2,790  Guru Member
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    Yes. But it's a bit clumsy. To repair the filesystem, it has to be unmounted, but you can't unmount it because several daemons are using it. But you can let the firmware do the heavy lifting. On shutdown everything is unmounted, so if you can inject code behind that...

    Edit the file /etc/init.d/rc.shutdown. The box has one usable editor, vi. It's a nasty editor. You can get to edit mode by pressing i. After having made your adjustments, press <ESC>:wq to save the file and exit the editor.

    Search for '# swapoff'. Below that line add

    /sbin/telnetd
    /bin/sleep 999999

    Save the file, and shutdown the box (command poweroff). After you lost your ssh connection, you should be able to login again over telnet.

    Now execute

    umount /dev/md0
    e2fsck.new -f /dev/md0

    When it's done execute

    killall sleep

    to continue the shutdown.

  • myZyxel
    myZyxel Posts: 19  Freshman Member
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    edited February 2021
    I did a backup of the disk but can't delete it to format it later on. Any idea how to do this?

    "Plan B":
    -shutdown the NSA-325.
    -Detach the hdd.
    -Attach the hdd to a pc with linux and a sata-port/external USB-drive or use a windows pc with gparted?
  • Mijzelf
    Mijzelf Posts: 2,790  Guru Member
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    Delete what?
  • myZyxel
    myZyxel Posts: 19  Freshman Member
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    I want to re-format disk 1.
    Because scan isn't working and I don't want to do the repair via commandline my idea is to "get rid" of the disk an add the volume again as if using a new drive.
  • Mijzelf
    Mijzelf Posts: 2,790  Guru Member
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    Deleting the partition table can be done using any partition manager. 'Plain Windows' can do it. Just delete all partitions. It doesn't matter that Windows can't read the contents of the partitions.
    But you can also do it in the NAS, using parted. Of course make sure you've got the right disk.
  • myZyxel
    myZyxel Posts: 19  Freshman Member
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    I feel much safer in windows environments.

    The software packages like Metarepository or Twekas are saved on one of the two drives so does it matter which drive I remove to repartition it?
  • Mijzelf
    Mijzelf Posts: 2,790  Guru Member
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    Yes. The packages are on the system volume. In most cases that is the first volume you created on that box. If you remove the disk containing that volume, your packages are gone. And if you reinsert the disk after having run without, the packages won't come back, as the other volume meanwhile is promoted to system volume.
  • myZyxel
    myZyxel Posts: 19  Freshman Member
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    edited February 2021
    Thank you very much.

    So repartitioning with parted would have the same effect namely removed packages. Is there any way to save the packages including the configuration or do I have to install them again in any case?

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