Subj : Re: Clunk. Clunk. Clunk.
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : nelgin
Date : Thu Oct 31 2024 07:45:18

On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:22:32 -0700
"poindexter FORTRAN" (46:1/115)
<poindexter.FORTRAN@f115.n1.z46.fidonet> wrote:

> I have a Synology NAS with 5 2TB drives in it. One is making an
> annoying clunk... clunk... clunk... noise every 5-10 seconds.
> 
> SMART stats look OK, although one drive has 9 years of run time on it!
> 
> The 5 drives are in an SHR array with 1 drive's worth of redundancy.
> 
> I want to replace the oldest drive, thinking it's the one making the
> noise -- but would feel really stupid if another drive failed while I
> did that! --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32
>  * Origin: realitycheckbbs.org -- yesterday's tech today (46:1/115)

Roll up a piece of paper, put it against your ear then the other end
against each drive and you might be able to figure which is giving the
loudest clunking.
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