Hi!
I used my NAS a couple of years, mainly for longterm storage, then decided I didn’t need the online functionalit. So I got myself a simple large RAID drive, hooked it up to the EX2 and tried to copy the data. But all it gave me was repeated error messages.
Alright, so I just removed one of the drives from the enclosure, put it in a dock, downloaded Paragon extFS for Mac, and tried to mount the drive. This not only didn’t work, but seemed to make the whole system unstable.
So what now? Pop the drive back in the enclosure, pray it goes back to work, and then go back to copying stuff bit by bit, praying it does work this time?
Any help much appreciated.
How is your EX2 configured? JBOD, Raid 0, Raid 1?
I’m assuming the new device is a DAS (direct attach storage) and your using a USB cable direct to the EX.
What exactly were the error messages? Where they drive errors (connection), or file errors (read, write, permissions)?
Are your files still accessible on the EX2 with the one drive still out?
Raid 1.
Yes, USB Storage.
Can’t specify the error messages from memory. Don’t think they were specified at all.
Yes, files are still accessible with one drive removed.
Check the share name for the USB connection and check the permissions.
If you haven’t messed with the 1st drive of the EX2, you should be able to reinsert the 2nd one which will trigger a rebuild. How long the rebuild takes depends on the size of the drives and the quantity of the data.
Personally, I’d connect the DAS to my PC and just copy from the NAS to the DAS. Or just a backup tool to copy the contents over before reinserting the drive.
DAS. . . .new term for me. WTH.
Not sure what we mean by “simple large raid drive” either. A simple USB external hard drive has one drive and is not a raid. If it is a raid device with multiple drives. . .that is not “simple”.
But fundamentally. . . .I would attach the external drive to a PC. . . have the PC connect to the NAS over a hardwire connection (NOT WIFI - - > too slow) and start brut force copy operations. Bit by bit. . .in probably 200-500 gb chunks. Then run a file comparison tool when you are done.
After doing all that. . . .I would insert the drive back in the WD NAS. . .and hope it just recognizes the drive and doesn’t prompt a rebuild (probably will do a rebuild)
As for getting the device off the internet. . . just disable “cloud services”. That will go a long way to lock down the drive. Want to be better secure? Go into your router and block internet access to the NAS from the router. Either method will allow normal access to the NAS from any PC on your home network.
Want to go full tin-foil-hat? Buy another router. Setup a separate network for the NAS a network that is not at all connected to the internet. When you want to access the NAS, switch your PC from your normal internet-polluted network to the clean internet-free network. This is what I do
