Nathan Knight

That would make sense. Looks like I've got some transferring of back up files to do. Thanks for your insight mate

Yeah was afraid of that. I have separate back ups for most of it so its not a complete loss. It seemed to go thru almost instantly. Even excel, word ect files were changed. Thanks guys

Thanks, I'll give it a try. If I try to rebuild the drives from the parity, will that get them back like they were or just rebuild them like they are now?

Not 100% sure this is an Unraid problem but it is affecting the server as well so I'm starting here. ALL the files (MP4,MKV,MP3,JPEG ect) on both the unraid server and my PC and an external HDD on the PC have been rendered down to 0 byte size. If I change to be able to view hidden files on any of the places mentioned, I find a 'sister' file for everything but with a weird file type extension. eg. W35IQJ0 File (.w35iqj0) If I try to open a video file of this type (VLC Player) it plays fine and dandy. I had been watching some content on Plex and had gone away for half hour or so and then nothing would play and the only thing that MAY have happened in that time was a weird little file that showed up the my "completed downloads" folder as a shortcut so I deleted it before I realised any of this other had happened so I'm wondering if I may have picked up a maleware bug of some sort but I've scanned it a few times and can't find anything. Like I said earlier, I have a feeling this may be an issue with the PC. but I dont know where to start fixing the 16 odd TB of files on the server. Any help would be greatly appreciated

I think I'll try for a new psu. All the other connections are reasonably new (couple of months) and the psu is getting on a bit. Thanks again

Would this have to do with the power/connection problems? Its a brand new drive

Cache drive is still there but copying files and keeping parts of the docker running are playing up theark-diagnostics-20231104-1243.zip

Ah ok, no clues on why the cache is playing up then?

OK, thanks mate, I'll give it a try. Disk7 issues likely to be power related to you think?

Now I've got a problem with a data disk. New diags attached theark-diagnostics-20231103-1759.zip

Please standby for an epic....A few weeks ago I started having issues with the docker stopping working. A quick stop and restart fixed it for a while , but then the cache drive started being lost. Stop and restart a few times and everything fine again for a while. Then that stopped working, ok, cache drive is stuffed so I'll replace it and the cables while I'm at it. Everything worked fine for a couple of hours and then its at it again. The docker is running but not properly (Tv side of Plex isn't showing up ect) I've attached the diags for what they are worth, not sure if they'll point out the problem or not. Any help appreciated theark-diagnostics-20231103-1742.zip

Thanks, I'll give it a try at the weekend, brain doesn't fire on all 8 cylinders thru the week. I have taken the extender out of the mix and just running out of the controller it self and it seems to be running fine and dandy atm

Ok so I'm back with more stupid questions. I'm getting a heap of CRC error counts on some of the drives, is it possible that the SAS expander card isn't getting enough power out of the PCi-e slot to power the drives properly? There is only 4 out of the 6 drives throwing errors and I thought it might be a cable problem to start but all of the problem drives are sharing a cable with one of the drives which seem ok. The errors only seem to happen when read/writes are happening but I'm guessing this is normal. If this is possible can I just plug a molex connector into the card while its mounted in the PCi slot or do I need to remove it first? Basic noob questions I know but just don't seem to be able to get a win Thanks theark-diagnostics-20230403-0640.zip

Thanks again mate, I'll check it out

disk 7 now disabled theark-smart-20230401-1518.zip theark-diagnostics-20230401-1520.zip

new cards, new cables but having a couple of disks showing errors, would you mind checking the diags for anything bad please theark-diagnostics-20230401-1448.zip

Thanks

OK so I went all out and got the SAS controller and extender and have a couple of questions I think I know the answer to but wanted to double check 1: The extender needs power only, do I have to use the molex plug or can I put it into one of the slots and let it get power that way or will it upset the way the controller and extender work? Dont really have another safe way to mount the card in my case 2: My system has always been a little....unstable, drives showing up as dead or dying every few weeks ect. Would the Marvell SATA multiplier been the a cause of the instability?

Like this? https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/325467814993?hash=item4bc764bc51:g:tKgAAOSwLAxkCR2I&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4HtYGeBz%2FTgOKPr8HbMMXFRbDdfOyGvfLorpcI0bKqm12kLiWGuQXPVpKt6msp7WA5KDlWKr4Lj6fhydZZXEhvtdP0sebCOou9QGw1wxTsH%2FpP%2BMu3Qn0lu6NsfeKMI8QRlnVGlFbXoxERZEEu5mvxFudiNp9tvQrfdnczbouix96WhYovgI5OiZ8CmhMebYmOKWB0tjQ%2F5IzIoS8LYsMenr%2FWtPVvUELigVfZPSp6EuQodfX%2FqQu4Xyz0S2fI3nf22J2dUjaBGP1nF%2F6jXGz9ePmo8UeHVT%2BviFFoFO0Rx0|tkp%3ABFBMjJ3goN1h

Righto, now for the stupid question of the day!! Got a refund on the dodgy card and have been weighing up some options. If I were to go nuts, would this be an ok thing to do? https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/175149749492?hash=item28c7bd14f4:g:6VgAAOSwqJxi7czf&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4FM1Tqjh8TTWNVCLN%2BBg6fgJtN8nU56yzhY9XaF8zwx7yeEUS7rgqO31xlJhsKtB0tE%2BhJwjUr2o6h4w2aA%2BzCOqLCndRYTz0o6HWomTdrBkXN1Dnr%2F%2Fa3RjvTIITMZ1FDp2LE1GCnl9TEhaer8gT%2Fu7898c83v2an4BP7OIVRm8Mlqwi05XnhNsE9UoNSkyIGkYtvwIeWt69xYFdaN4k7z6pH9pavpZcFsAiKrXK6Re%2B%2FpMyyogdfP8poxWbUKYIYlRZdUw%2B2ITajkxgDytkAXtkgCNBp0cE0qhYN%2F%2FQ8kI|tkp%3ABk9SR7raj5_dYQ

theark-diagnostics-20230316-1845.zip

memtest went all ok, I'm not sure but I think it might have been the actual disk itself, started to hear it 'clicking' so replaced it with another older drive that I had laying around and so far the rebuild is sailing along sweet as. Guess I'll find out

Went thru the first pass with no errors, but I'll let it go until after work tomorrow

Appreciate the continuing support, must be annoying the crap out of you. Cable doesn't seemed to have done anything. Parity check is still struggling

Cable replaced theark-diagnostics-20230315-0653.zip