[Franz Hollweck]

Hi Gene,

The G-Speed Q now runs more than ten hours, obviously trying to rebuild the RAID 5 array. There were about 3,2 TB data on it.
The G-Speed Q had started this process automatically when I started it, to have a look at the behavior of the LEDs
It was not connected with the computer and the defective hard drive was installed.

What to do now?
Does it really rebuild my RAID 5 array with the broken hard drive in it?
Or can I / should I turn it off, replace the hard drive, and then start a rebuild again, in the way, that is documented in the manual?

I have ordered a new hard drive. Can I replace it while the G-Speed Q is running?

Thank you for your answer.

Franz

[Franz Hollweck]

Hi Gene,

there is a support for G-Technoloy-products here? – What surprise!!!
Okay, once again:
My G-Speed Q died – but all the LEDs were lit blue – the sign, that everything is in order.

I shut it down and restarted it and now one of the hard drives was lit in continuous amber light, the other LEDs for the hard drives were lit blue.
But there was also the red blinking enclosure light.

I looked into the manual, but there is no description of such an incident. So, I telephoned the support in Frankfurt, but they couldn’t help me. I wanted to konw, whether the red enclosure light means a damage of the enclosure, too and what hard drive I could use, to replace the damaged one. I emailed them twice, but I received no answer, that helped me.

I didn’t replace the hard drive yet. Just now I started a new trial. Now the the LEDs blink in the way, you described. But the G-Speed Q is not connected to the computer.
Perhaps it has started a rebuild – with a damaged (!?) hard drive?
I will see tomorrow, what happens.

Franz

[Franz Hollweck]

Hi Fabrizio,

I Know the problem. I’m afraid, you will not find an ultra quiet RAID0-array with built in fans. You colt have a look at the Seagate Portable Hard drive Backup Plus Fast with 2 Hard drives in it (2 x 2,5“ 2TB-= 4 TB). But it comes only with USB 3.
https://www.seagate.com/de/de/external-hard-drives/portable-hard-drives/performance/backup-plus-fast-hdd/

An alternative could be an external enclosure, where you put your own hard drives in it. I think of Akitio (= Inxtron) Taurus Mini Super-S3 LCM., that is for 2,5“ hard drives.
https://www.akitio.com/portable-storage/taurus-mini-super-s3-lcm
https://www.inxtron.com/multi-bay-raid-enclosures/taurus-mini-super-s3

If you need the speed of RAID 0, why don’t you buy some SSD-drives? The bigger ones now have a capacity of 1 TB.

Greetings from Bavaria

Franz