The 3200 is simply flawed (for me anyways)

[slypie]

I bought the 3200 as it fit the bill perfectly but it simply is flawed. I bought 3 disks that people have stated worked and built a RAID 5 config which took about 6 hours to complete.

I then started to copy over about 60GB of data and after a certain time the alarm goes off and it says system has lost it's connection (or something similar). I then need to unplug the device and rebuild the RAID which again takes hours. I've checked the disks and they are fine.

Is this a problem with poor hardware or firmware and is it going to be fixed if it's firmware. I may of thought I'd gotten a faulty device but others seem to have the same problem.

I really like the 3200 but to me it seems like it has a lot of problems. I really want to keep the device but am not confident of this being fixed.

Anyone else having these problems?

[gushl]

Im having the same issue.

Twice now the device has started to beep continuously, and the only option is to pull the plug. When I reconnect it, the RAID array is rebuilt!

Not sure I can ever rely on this equipment to store my valuable data. That was my intention when I bought it, but Im extremely nervous. The RAID is rebuilding right now, lets see if it's third time lucky...

[indiana]

was the data lost after the rebuild?

[gushl]

The data was NOT lost. That was a mistake in my original post, which I amended.

Subsequently, this box has been crashing left right & centre (every time I make it do a bit of work, like uploading a lot fo files to it), and I have no choice but to send it back. Hopeless. I imagine that this is a relatively isolated incident, since there would be a whole lot more comments on this board if everyone had the same experience I had.

I wonder, should I ask for a replacement Thecus 3200, or just stay clear....? Are there any happy customers out there?

thanks,
Gustav

[gaetandb]

After a bumpy start, I got the Thecus to work, and I immediately tested putting large amounts of data on it, I put over 7000 files for a total of 40 Gb on it, in 1 go. No problems whatsoever, the Thecus is connected through a wire to my router, and the PC that was putting the data on is connected wireless to the router. Throughput was over 7 Mbyte/ sec.
I'm using 3 Samsung 1Tb discs (with 32mb cache), and D-Link DIR-655 router.

[rcbasher]

Hi.
I just purchased N3200 with 3 x 750GB drives. I formatted as RAID 5 and waited for it to finish (around 5 to 6 hours).

Having logged in via a web browser, Status said I needed to install the firmware...this was to be expected. However, when I tried to install the firmware from the supplied CD, it returned an error saying I couldn't install an earlier version!

So I downloaded the latest from Thecus site (1.0.3) which installed.

Now I have the problems mentioned at the start of this thread.
I've managed to copy a lot of files across, but three times now it has crashed with a continuous beep and required de-powering to stop the beeping. After reboot, I get a resync message with a press esc to continue message. The RAID 5 starts to rebuild.

Some time later (about 50% through rebuild) it crashes again.

Seems others are here are having the same problem, so I'm not convinced it is a hardware problem?