Buffalo Technology HS-DTGL/R5 Home Theater Server User Manual


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Troubleshooting
Should a Hard Drive Fail:
When using RAID1 or RAID5 - Thefaileddrivewill havearedlightblinking intheSTATUS/FULL
positionofthefrontdisplay.Ifyouneedtodeterminewhichdrivehasfailed,restarttheTeraStation
andwatchwhichdiskLEDilluminatesred.Afterreplacingthefaileddrive,RAIDwillrestoreyour
array.
When using Standard Mode - ThefaileddrivewillhavearedlightblinkingintheSTATUS/FULL
positionofthefrontdisplay.Todeterminewhichdrivehasfailed,restarttheTeraStationandwatch
whichdiskLEDilluminatesred.Afterreplacingthefaileddrive,alldataonthatdrivewillbelost.
Dataonotherdivesshouldstillbenormallyaccessable.
When using Spanning Mode - AlldriveswillhavearedlightblinkingintheSTATUS/FULLposition
ofthefrontdisplay.Furthertroubleshootingwillberequiredtodeterminewhichdrivehasfailedin
thearray.Datarecoveryisnotpossiblebyreplacingadrive.Afterreplacingthefaileddrive,youwill
havetodeleteandrecreateyourRAIDarraytomaketheTeraStationusableagain.Alldataonthe
arraywillbelost.
If your TeraStation is still under warranty, contact tech support before replacing your hard drive.
Replacingyourharddriveyourselfmayvoidyourwarranty.Ifyourwarrantyhasexpired,youmay
replacetheharddrivewithanexactreplacement(availablefromBuffaloTechnology),orwithanyIDE
driveofatleastthesamecapacityasthefailedharddrive.
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