mikechy

Thanks for the quick reply. I actually don't mind having them, just wanted to make sure that was normal. Thanks!

finally got around to upgrading my 4.7 to 5.0.6 and everything went just fine. However, I now have a share for each drive as well as the Shares I created. Is this normal for 5.0.x? Before upgrade my shares were: DVD Photos BluRay Music Misc Backup Now I have extra shares, which are functional: Disc1 Disc2 ... Disc12

Today I noticed that my unmenu is no longer working. I SSH to the box and try to restart it and it all seems to be gone! When I hit my unMenu in a browser I see this: e </BODY></HTML> 0 That's it. So I try to re-install unmenu and discover that I can not write any files to /boot. It fact, I've gotten a message that it was FULL. Another message said "cp: cannot create regular file `/boot/unmenu/unmenu_install': Input/output error" I also see NOTHING in the /boot menu. I fear that my flash drive has taken a crap which means surely my box won't reboot. Might this be true and if so, what do I need to extract from this running box before I attempt a reboot and possibly replace the flash drive? Thanks in advance, this community has always come through with great advice. Mike

At this point it seems like it was the wireless router that was further up the chain. Seems odd that the router would make just a single machine on the network fall off the network periodically, especially as there were no changes or additions to devices that might have caused a conflict, but I swapped out the router and for two days now all is well. I'm going to consider this closed.

So I thought the problem was solved when I swapped out the switch for a new one but 24 hours later, the same. Here's the odd thing. If I am on the box itself, I can wget and ping and and the box seems fine. Most of the time I can even ping the box from the outside, but then it drops off the network from the outside. None of the other machines on the network can see it. But if I access the box at console, it acts fine. I can ping out and I can wget . I've swapped out the switch and put a brand new Intel NIC card, the original NIC was on-board. I suspect that possibly one of the drives is preventing outside boxes from seeing the shares but all drives appear OK and pass Smart tests. Outside of replacing all of the hardware, I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this. The box is a 24 bay supermicro and I'd hate to have to start replacing parts of it. I have 12 total drives in the box. Thanks

Turns out is IS a network issue at the switch level. Other devices could see the unRAID server. The server and unRAID remain their integrity of being a solid performer

I have an UnRaid box that has been running for about 2 years, non-stop, without fail. In the past few days the box has become non-responsive to the point where I have to pull the plug. I threw a display on the box to watch it boot and it re-boots, things come back up, I hit the admin and it doesn't even need to re-build parity (because all drives were spun down at reboot?). So I start to copy more content to the box and after the copy is done, it hangs. Captured the syslog and while I do seem to see some odd messages, I don't know if I need to be concerned. Might someone be able to look at this log and see if I have a pending hardware issue? I've rebooted the switch it's attached so that's why you see the network alerts. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lOEu4BPnVE4fPMtEHf8IwHJ_5jKRWLIHe-blkOv5ANM/edit?usp=sharing Thanks!

I have a slightly used Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 with a full size bracket for sale. If I can find a low profile bracket I will include that as well. I'll include TWO 8087 cables so you can plug 8 SATA drives into it. I was using it without fail in my unRAID box for about 6 months until I got a new 24 bay Supermicro case that came with the cards to run all 24 drives. Accept Paypal or check for payment. PM me if interested. Thanks!

If you have or can open a business account at Newegg, you can still order the 3TB. Limit one. Just snagged a 3TB and three 2TB drives.

These are the tiny flat faced screws you need to screw your hard drives to the drive rails for the Supermicro 24 bay cases that TAMS was selling a while back. I had a hell of a time finding these screws and ended up buying two when I did - not sure why. You also get a strip of stickers you can put on the fronts to label your drives. I'd like to ship to the US only as I have had issues shipping outside the US. $15 gets them delivered to your door.

For what it's worth, Sam, I had a similar problem over a year ago where I was getting random errors, random power downs and went through the mode of testing everything. At the end if it all it was the motherboard. I bought a new motherboard/cpu and used the old power supply and memory. Moved everything over, powered on, re-assigned drives and ran a partiy check. Everything has been perfect since then. Since that, I even moved my drives AGAIN to a new 24 bay system that already had hardware in it. Dropped in drives and booted up. Sometimes it would boot and sometimes it would get stuck at the loading BIZROOT. That time it was the RAM. Pulled two chips out (there were 4 x 1GB in there) and ever since then not a single issue. Bottom line - The data is most likely intact and fine. Unraid will work on a wide array of hardware but I'd recommend go with something that has been tested by the community if you replace the mobo.

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Follow the formula above and all is well. Thanks!

Ah, interesting. I have three fobs with unRAID on it and I wonder if that one never got the new clear script. I am running 4.7. I cleared them on a mobo that I know doesn't create the HPA as I have checked previously. I also have cleared 12 other drives on that same mobo so I know that's not the issue. The drive did however come from a DIFFERENT system that I can not say with any certainty didn't put that partition on there. I posted it's own thread as to my plan of attack to fix which basically would be remove the drives one at a time, remove the HPA, re-clear and add back. Rinse, repeat until all drives have been fixed.

I killed the pre-clear reports as each finished. That report was from the last drive. that was in the preclear_reports folder. I suspect it was because there was HPA on the drives and am going to re-clear them after removing the HPA. Posted another post asking advice on my "fix" as I figured I have a different issue now. Thanks for your reply here.

I added some drives to the array that I pre-cleared but foolishly did not check for HPA. As soon as they formatted I saw that they were HPA and just needed confirmation on my method of fixing. My plan is to: 1) Take array offline and power down server 2) remove one of the HPA drives and remove the HPA and RE pre-clear it again. 3) Add drive back to machine 4) Add it back to array and allow it to re-build parity as it SHOULD recognize a larger drive being added 5) Repeat with each HPA drive until finished. Is this the best way to fix this idiotic move of mine? Thanks!

Actually it appears that the drives had HPA on them which maybe triggered it?

Ah wait... I just went and checked and was going to take a screenshot so you can see the serials match and it appears that they are ready to format. It's been a while since I've added a new drive but I can tell you it DEFINITELY said "Clearing" and was going 1% at a time for quite some time. Was it merely CHECKING the clearing and not really clearing again?

Here is the last one. I killed the others as they finished. ========================================================================1.11 == invoked as: ./preclear_disk.sh /dev/sdd == ST2000DM001-9YN164 S1E0MAHZ == Disk /dev/sdd has been successfully precleared == with a starting sector of 63 == Ran 1 cycle == == Using :Read block size = 8225280 Bytes == Last Cycle's Pre Read Time : 3:55:32 (141 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Zeroing time : 3:31:03 (157 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 9:49:11 (56 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Total Time : 17:16:53 == == Total Elapsed Time 17:16:53 == == Disk Start Temperature: 28C == == Current Disk Temperature: 33C, == ============================================================================ ** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sdd /tmp/smart_finish_sdd ATTRIBUTE NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS RAW_VALUE Raw_Read_Error_Rate = 117 115 6 ok 150814296 Spin_Retry_Count = 100 100 97 near_thresh 0 End-to-End_Error = 100 100 99 near_thresh 0 Airflow_Temperature_Cel = 67 72 45 near_thresh 33 Temperature_Celsius = 33 28 0 ok 33 No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW 0 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear. 0 sectors were pending re-allocation after pre-read in cycle 1 of 1. 0 sectors were pending re-allocation after zero of disk in cycle 1 of 1. 0 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear, the number of sectors pending re-allocation did not change. 0 sectors had been re-allocated before the start of the preclear. 0 sectors are re-allocated at the end of the preclear, the number of sectors re-allocated did not change. ============================================================================

I pre-cleared four drives and they all cleared ok. When adding them to my array, they apparently are clearing again? Both the clearing machine and the live array are using the exact same version of unRAID and I am using the latest pre-clear script. Any idea why it would not recognize those drives as already pre-cleared?

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Finally found the time to make the big move from the old 4U modded case to the new SuperMicro 24 Bay. I did a final parity check on the array, made a screenshot to record disc order and shut it down. Discovered that my internal USB ports on the SuperMicro are so close to the side of the case that my USB adapter wouldn't fit If you are planning on using an internal USB adapter make sure you get one that is a slim as possible. Mine is actually a dual so it's too wide. For now, by USB drive is plugged into the back but I'm on a search for a slim USB adapter. If anyone knows where I can get one, please reply! Powered it all up and no problems. Assigned drives checked out ok. Powered it down and added two new drives I had waiting for their new home. Powered it up, assigned new drives and re-ran parity. Everything is perfect. Awesome 24 Bay that works perfect with just a few mods. Thanks TAMS!

I'll give you a generic enough hint - Rememer that Google sees the same thing you do on the unRAID admin main page

I've used this to recover deleted photos from a compact flash card. Worked great. http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm

You might need rails since the depth isn't as much a concern as the sheer weight. I've racked 26" deep 1U's with no problems but I'd never think ab out racking my Supermicro 24 bay without rails.