The repair of the array ended just like the last time — with a hang. The Synology NAS box stopped serving files.
I went into the admin console and saw that it thought it was still repairing:
Went I looked at the volume, it said repairing, but the progress indicator was MIA:
But when I looked at the log, it said it had finished the repair:
I tried a reboot.
The system didn’t come back up.
I went down to look at it, It was powered up, but the blue power light was blinking. A little Internet research revealed this to me a recurring Synology problem, which has a name: the Blinking Blue Light of Death, or BBLoD.
I forced a power cycle from the front panel power button. After it rebooted, it was happy again:
This is not hugely confidence-inspiring.
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