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@wrxtasy

Thank you for all the info.
Unfortunately it wasn't just the Shield as you read.
I'll try your suggestion. And, in any way, an external USB3 disk is not even necessary, I'll just use the NAS.

I'll also give the S905 Chinese box a go as per your instructions.


@couto27
- The problems occur with any possible storage device: USB external drives, flash drives and NAS. And not just with the Shield, various problems with any and all devices. And not just with network access to the drives, but with direct USB connection too. And with powered drives. And with unpowered drives. With large drives (above 1 TB) and with as small as 250GB. There's no pattern to be found, I've searched so many times. It is possible that one drive was faulty. Two drives were faulty. Three drives were faulty. But it's not possible that all drives were faulty.

- Synology DS216J + 2 x WD Red 3TB SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch
- NFS
- Countless times
- No. 2m cat5e shielded LAN cable, directly to the Fibre router.