Thanks for the quick reply. A couple of points of interest. I only used the SATA port multiplier to rule out my HBA. I have been using a LSI 9211-8i P20 (IT Mode) for over a year and it has worked perfectly. Also, is was this HBA that the drives were connected to when the issue occurred. I have re-connected the HBA and attached 4 drives, and connected the other 4 drives (including the two that fell off the array) to the MOBO intel Z77 SATA ports. Issue still persist. Diagnostics file with this configuration is attached. Also, I have an old linux box and the drives that are now 'unassigned' are recognized by linux but will not mount. thanks again. Scott
unraid-diagnostics-20220704-1221.zip