Category RAID
RAID Data Recovery
Here you can find blog posts covering various RAID types and data loss situations.
QNAP Data Recovery Case Study: RAID-6 Failure
A RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a way to string individual hard drives together so that they behave like a single giant hard drive. These drives are usually linked together in a network-attached storage device or storage area…
Drobo Data Recovery
What is Drobo? Drobo was founded in 2005 (as Data Robotics) with a mission of creating innovative storage solutions for storage intensive consumers and small to medium sized businesses (SMB). Drobo offers a number of enterprise grade storage solutions. Drobo…
Should I RAID Rebuild? When Rebuilding a RAID Is OK, and When It’s Not OK
There is only one scenario where it makes sense to rebuild a volume: The logical state of the union is good. The volume mounts, the system boots great, none of the data is corrupted – but one physical member disk…
RAID Puncture
Is RAID Still Used? There are many types of RAID configurations available. Some of the most popular are RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10. RAID0 is sometimes called disk striping, which requires two or more hard drives and is…
Status of RAID: There Is No Volume Configured
You will see the “no volume is configured” message in a number of different scenarios; the most common is when you first create your storage volumes using the RAID controller. “No volume” can mean that you have a vanilla system,…
July 2019 Small Business Review – Synology NAS DS218+
Data means everything to today’s small business. Every business needs a data storage option that can safely and securely store your valuable data. This is where a NAS (network attached storage) device comes into play. Let’s take a look at…
“This is a NAS data disk and cannot boot system” Error Message
Update 1/15/19: This article has been updated with new information about the “this is a NAS data disk and cannot boot system. System halted” error message and how to fix it. You’ve been working on your NAS disks, or maybe…
Synology Storage Pool Crashed/Synology Volume Crashed: What Do You Do?
If you’re having questions related to your Synology storage pool, especially if you have a storage pool that has crashed or become degraded, look no further. Find out how serious the problems with your Synology NAS’s storage pool are, whether…
Synology DS214+ with Flashing Blue Power Light
Updated: 1/11/2019 A flashing blue power light on a Synology DS214+ NAS device is usually a symptom of a motherboard failure. When the motherboard of your PC, server, or NAS device fails, your device’s individual hardware components can no longer…