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Dropouts From Server

Greetings all.  I am having  problems with dropouts during music playback from my server.  I recently lost one of my RAID drives and had to replace the entire NAS server, as well as the dead drive.  I was using a WD MyCloud Ex2 as the server, and for several years had no dropout problems.  I replaced the MyCloud with an updated model MyCloud Ex2 Ultra.  I rebuilt the new drive from the surviving drive, which passed all diagnostic testing  (the rebuild was a twelve hour exercise) and put the new server in line.  Now, often I am experiencing program dropouts.  The PC I am using is an Acer Aspire.  The processor is an Intel Core I7.  I had no real problems before the server failure.  I am controlling everything through Foobar2000.  Any thoughts or suggestions as to the source of the dropouts would be very appreciated. 
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Sorry, been away from the computer.  Let me answer some of the questions.  I replaced the NAS box because the failed drive died from a thermal failure.  The NAS fan failed, and the drive failed thereafter.  The new box is an upgraded version of the WD Mycloud.  I rebuilt the new drive from the survivor, and all data survived.  I also augmented airflow to the NAS box to avoid a similar problem.  I think I fixed the dropouts.  The new NAS was set up for auto-updates.  I think the dropouts were a result of the NAS accessing the internet and checking for updates.  I disabled that feature, and the dropouts ceased.  Thanks to all who took the time to respond.
I love the sound quality of the NAS based system (I have a bit over 1TB of music on it).  It is really nice to set it to random play, and sit back and enjoy my eclectic library for hours on end.    
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