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Synology degraded after a power outage

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For a degraded or crashed volume after a power outage, the knowledge base says the usual cause is drive errors or file system errors.

What you can do, depending on the situation:

If the volume is degraded
If the volume is read-only
If the volume is crashed

For DSM 7.1 to DSM 7.4 SHA troubleshooting, the guide says:
1. On the active server, go to Storage Manager to find out which storage pool the crashed volume belongs to.
2. Go to Storage Manager > HDD/SSD to find out which drive crashed and replace it with a healthy one.
3. Go to Storage Manager > Storage, select the crashed storage pool, and click Repair.

Also, the KB recommends:
- use only drives in the Synology Products Compatibility List
- use a UPS to reduce the risk of file system errors after improper shutdowns

If you want, I can also summarize the safest recovery path specifically for DSM 7.0, DSM 7.1–7.4, or SHA.

Sources used: [1], [8], [9], [12]

SOURCES
[1] Synology High Availability (SHA) Troubleshooting Guide for DSM 7.0 — Document[2] Synology High Availability (SHA) Troubleshooting Guide for DSM 7.1 - DSM 7.4 — Document[3] DS220j — Product Manual[4] Synology NAS User's Guide - Based on DSM 7.0 — Document[5] synoupgrade — command reference[6] do — command reference[7] do-release-upgrade — command reference[8] What can I do if one of my volumes crashed? - Synology Knowledge Center[9] What causes a volume to crash? - Synology Knowledge Center[10] My volume has become read-only. What can I do? - Synology Knowledge Center[11] (CS 407) 4-disks RAID 5 volume with two disks down | Synology Community[12] What can I do to prevent volumes from crashing? - Synology Knowledge Center[13] Degraded Volume is now Crash! How do I Fixed? | Synology Community
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