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So it looks more like HW issue? If so, I guess that's my next best option - getting a new board or something. Thanks

Thanks. Managed to get flash the latest firmware, and now restarting the sync. Attached diagnostic for reference.planetdata-diagnostics-20211023-1835.zip Appreciate any advice to move on. PS: In parallel, I had email Asrock on availability of firmware on their side. Not putting too much hope as it is a very old MB.

The server is built on Asrock E3C224D4I-14S. My new drives are Toshiba MG series 12TBs. By any chance is the onboard LSI 2308 controller unable to support the drives?

I managed to cancel the sync (took around 10 minutes for the GUI to respond). Did a diagnostic. planetdata-diagnostics-20211023-1006.zip

Having backup my data somewhere, I had recently changed all my HDDs and SDD in my array and cache, and started as new config. I have had issues completing the parity check/build. All smart checks on disks passed. I checked the cables and reseated them for good measures; and parity would run overnight and seem to 'hang', leaving me no choice but to power cycle. Parity sync/rebuild would start fast (200MB/sec), and degrades to around 10MB/sec and - no progress even if I leave it overnight. At this stage, I can't get response from GUI (cancel the sync), nor get a diagnosis report. I notice I have high Disk Shift in some of my Disk's SMART, but thats all I see. This went on for past two weeks and I can't seem to understand why. Hopefully someone here can help me out. I did SMART tests on all disk and they turn out okay. I just restarted the parity sync, with new config, I attached diagnostic I managed to capture just when the parity-sync starts to degrades to around 20MB/sec. Thanks. planetdata-diagnostics-20211023-0940.zip

Thanks. Helpful info.

I had been running the following rig for quite few years now. Some were pre-owned parts, only the RAM and HDDs were new. All are at least 5 year old now. - Xeon E3-1231 on ASRock E3C224D4I - 16GB DDR3 ECC - Array: 6x WD3TB, 1x3TB Parity - Cache: 1x256GB SATA SSD I run few dockers including Plex (max 2 simultaneous streams), piHole and a password manager. Alongside, I have 3 Windows VM -2 Windows 10, 1 Windows 2019 Server (for lab purposes). Recently I find myself running out of space, so upgrading/refreshing the HDDs (to larger capacity etc) are in the plan. Other than aging hardware, just wondering if based on my usage, is there need to refresh to more current motherboard/CPU? I am fairly certain I do not need a GPU of sort; but please do prove me otherwise. Thanks in advanced. Added: I like to cap budget at around 1k if possible. So I guess minimum replacements.