Hi both,
Sorry for the confusion, I didn't mean to re-build onto the same drive, once a drive has developed errors I tend to get a bit twitchy about it. I've not done anything physically to the server recently, so I'm doubting it's a cable, unless it's spontaneously failed which I guess is possible. It's the first proper error I've seen on a disk in Unraid, and given the SMART data (including short test) came back clean initially I was/still am confused as to what's caused it as I thought any read/write errors would show up there.
My only other thought is that I do have a Dell H310 SAS card with a fan stuck to the heatsink. I'm wondering if the fan has failed and the card's overheated, will have to take the side off the case when I get home and see if it's running.
I'll wait and see what the extended SMART test says, which for a 6TB disk I guess will complete some time tomorrow. Might order a spare disk just in case as I'm likely to want to replace it anyway.
I do indeed have backups! All important data is in multiple places and the cloud, all, err, mass data, is backed up to a disk sat in my locked cupboard at work and refreshed monthlyish. I'm trying to figure out if there's a way of telling what file it was trying to write when it errored, but I can't see anything obvious.
Thanks for your help and advice!