Friarsgate_Customs

About a week ago I had another drive drop out and need rebuilt. I didn't rebuild it right away and just bought a new PSU and splitters. I went with the MWE Gold 850 V2 because it comes with 10 SATA power cables from factory and has factory headers for more if needed. Also went with 1>2 splitters that don't have a 3.3v line at all, so no need to cut it for my SAS drives. It's a overkill setup for my server, but it should be good for future proof reasons, and I'm very sick of instability.

I might get killed for saying this, but I was only using a 400w EVGA non modular PSU before. At peak usage, my UPS was reporting 250w draw, and that's including my inefficient Opnsense router, switch, WiFi AP, and ISP Modem. So the Unraid server itself was nowhere near the 400w limit of the PSU. Since I installed the new PSU and rebuilt the disc again, no issues. My power draw is lower as well, due to the PSU barely breaking a sweat. Been 10 days and no issues so far. Hopefully I don't have to open the case again for at least a year.

Thanks Jorge for looking out.

I don't know how much of it was weird coincidence, but I used the new SAS cables I bought, and switched the sata power splitter to one with the 3.3v line cut. I'm now 50% through a drive rebuild with 0 errors on any drive. I was using a sata splitter with the 3.3v line intact before the power outage and it was never giving me errors pre-power outage. Regardless of which cable was malfunctioning, I've got my UPS installed and configured now, so hopefully I won't have to deal with this again.

I just had someone on reddit tell me this same thing, from this thread. I finally got to the unraid menu. So relieved 🙏