jbuszkie

It's interesting that my "Percent Load Capacity isn't updated until it goes onto battery power! Weird....

I've done a couple experiments... MY system shut down because I had less then 5 minutes remaining. The spec says I should get about 9min @100w. And that's probably with a brand new battery! That's not a lot of time! Especially when I had the shutdown @5 min remaining! So I think I have a weak battery and an undersized battery! I think it's time to up the battery. (or up the UPS)

I have a kill-a-watt right on the server so I know I draw about 110 watts with all the disks spun up. I'll have to see what happend when I power up.. but I believe the back ups es350 was able to handle 200 Watts. I just ordered another battery so well see it that's the issue. I do like the idea of trying with a different battery (jumpstart box). Maybe I'll try that. Jim

I"ve noticed that I can't stop the array somtimes. The web interface just sits there spinning after reporting "Unmounting disks" and I get this in the syslog... Aug 24 10:40:19 Tower kernel: mdcmd (41): spindown 0 (Routine) Aug 24 10:40:20 Tower kernel: mdcmd (42): spindown 1 (Routine) Aug 24 10:40:21 Tower kernel: mdcmd (43): spindown 4 (Routine) Aug 24 10:40:32 Tower kernel: mdcmd (44): spindown 2 (Routine) Aug 24 10:40:33 Tower kernel: mdcmd (45): spindown 3 (Routine) Aug 24 10:40:34 Tower kernel: mdcmd (46): spindown 5 (Routine) Aug 24 10:40:35 Tower kernel: mdcmd (47): spindown 6 (Routine) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower emhttp: shcmd (64): /usr/local/sbin/emhttp_event stopping_svcs (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower emhttp_event: stopping_svcs (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower emhttp: shcmd (65): ps axc | grep -q rpc.mountd (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower emhttp: _shcmd: shcmd (65): exit status: 1 (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower emhttp: Stop SMB... (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower emhttp: shcmd (66): /etc/rc.d/rc.samba stop |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower emhttp: Spinning up all drives... (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower emhttp: shcmd (67): /usr/sbin/hdparm -S0 /dev/sdi $stuff$> /dev/null (Drive related) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower kernel: mdcmd (48): spinup 0 (Routine) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower kernel: mdcmd (49): spinup 1 (Routine) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower kernel: mdcmd (50): spinup 2 (Routine) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower kernel: mdcmd (51): spinup 3 (Routine) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower kernel: mdcmd (52): spinup 4 (Routine) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower kernel: mdcmd (53): spinup 5 (Routine) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower kernel: mdcmd (54): spinup 6 (Routine) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower emhttp: Sync filesystems... (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:43 Tower emhttp: shcmd (68): sync (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:57 Tower emhttp: shcmd (69): /usr/local/sbin/emhttp_event unmounting_disks (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:57 Tower emhttp_event: unmounting_disks (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:57 Tower emhttp: shcmd (70): set -o pipefail ; umount /mnt/user0 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:57 Tower emhttp: shcmd (71): rmdir /mnt/user0 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:57 Tower emhttp: shcmd (72): set -o pipefail ; umount /mnt/user |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:57 Tower emhttp: shcmd (73): rmdir /mnt/user |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:57 Tower emhttp: shcmd (74): crontab -c /etc/cron.d -d $stuff$> /dev/null (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:57 Tower emhttp: Unmounting disks... (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:57 Tower emhttp: shcmd (75): umount /mnt/disk1 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:58 Tower emhttp: shcmd (76): rmdir /mnt/disk1 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:58 Tower emhttp: shcmd (77): umount /mnt/disk2 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:58 Tower emhttp: shcmd (78): rmdir /mnt/disk2 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:58 Tower emhttp: shcmd (79): umount /mnt/disk3 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:58 Tower emhttp: shcmd (80): rmdir /mnt/disk3 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:58 Tower emhttp: shcmd (81): umount /mnt/disk4 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:58 Tower emhttp: shcmd (82): rmdir /mnt/disk4 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower emhttp: shcmd (83): umount /mnt/disk5 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower emhttp: shcmd (84): rmdir /mnt/disk5 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower emhttp: shcmd (85): umount /mnt/disk6 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower emhttp: shcmd (86): rmdir /mnt/disk6 |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower emhttp: shcmd (87): umount /mnt/cache |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower emhttp: shcmd (88): rmdir /mnt/cache |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower emhttp: shcmd (89): /usr/local/sbin/emhttp_event stopping_array (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower emhttp_event: stopping_array (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower kernel: mdcmd (55): stop (unRAID engine) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower kernel: md1: stopping (Drive related) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower kernel: md: recovery thread woken up ... (unRAID engine) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower kernel: md: recovery thread checking parity... (unRAID engine) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower kernel: md2: stopping (Drive related) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower kernel: md3: stopping (Drive related) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower kernel: md4: stopping (Drive related) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower kernel: md5: stopping (Drive related) Aug 24 10:41:59 Tower kernel: md6: stopping (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: md: using 1536k window, over a total of 1953514552 blocks. (unRAID engine) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000040 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: IP: [<c131ffdf>] _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x9/0x1a Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: *pdpt = 0000000037611001 *pde = 0000000000000000 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-6/2-6:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sda/stat (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Modules linked in: md_mod xor pata_jmicron i2c_i801 ahci i2c_core libahci r8169 sata_sil24 jmicron [last unloaded: md_mod] (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: (Routine) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Pid: 3660, comm: mdrecoveryd Not tainted 2.6.37.6-unRAID #4 Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EP43-UD3L/EP43-UD3L (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c131ffdf>] EFLAGS: 00010093 CPU: 0 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: EIP is at _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x9/0x1a Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: EAX: 00000040 EBX: 00000000 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000100 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f643de18 ESP: f643de18 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Process mdrecoveryd (pid: 3660, ti=f643c000 task=f7451a80 task.ti=f643c000) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Stack: Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: f643de74 f8516833 00000004 c131f3aa 00000000 f643de34 c131f382 f643de48 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: c109604e 00000040 00000000 00000000 f643de68 c10960b2 00000fff 00000000 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: 00000000 00000000 00000000 f21af028 00000000 00000000 f21af028 f643de88 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Call Trace: (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<f8516833>] ? get_active_stripe+0x32/0x3a8 [md_mod] (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c131f3aa>] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x26/0x2c (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c131f382>] ? mutex_unlock+0x14/0x16 (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c109604e>] ? vfs_fsync_range+0x4d/0x5e (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c10960b2>] ? generic_write_sync+0x53/0x62 (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<f8516bb7>] ? unraid_sync+0xe/0x42 [md_mod] (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<f8512b48>] ? md_do_sync+0x14c/0x3b4 [md_mod] (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<f85130f1>] ? write_file+0xb1/0xdd [md_mod] (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c107c256>] ? do_sync_write+0x0/0xc5 (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<f85132b7>] ? md_do_recovery+0x115/0x197 [md_mod] (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<f85132b7>] ? md_do_recovery+0x115/0x197 [md_mod] (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<f8513948>] ? md_thread+0xd6/0xed [md_mod] (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c103b5c5>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2f (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<f8513872>] ? md_thread+0x0/0xed [md_mod] (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c103b2ca>] ? kthread+0x62/0x67 (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c103b268>] ? kthread+0x0/0x67 (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c1002cf6>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10 (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Code: eb f6 5d c3 55 89 e5 9c 59 fa ba 00 01 00 00 3e 66 0f c1 10 38 f2 74 06 f3 90 8a 10 eb f6 89 c8 5d c3 55 89 e5 fa ba 00 01 00 00 <3e> 66 0f c1 10 38 f2 74 06 f3 90 8a 10 eb f6 5d c3 55 89 e5 fe Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: EIP: [<c131ffdf>] _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x9/0x1a SS:ESP 0068:f643de18 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: CR2: 0000000000000040 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: ---[ end trace b12ee35fa51680c6 ]--- Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: shcmd (90): rmmod md-mod |$stuff$ logger (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: shcmd (91): udevadm settle (Other emhttp) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: IP: [<c103f9d0>] exit_creds+0xc/0x72 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: *pdpt = 0000000033f6b001 *pde = 0000000000000000 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Oops: 0000 [#2] SMP Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-6/2-6:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sda/stat (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Modules linked in: md_mod(-) xor pata_jmicron i2c_i801 ahci i2c_core libahci r8169 sata_sil24 jmicron [last unloaded: md_mod] (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: (Routine) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Pid: 19824, comm: rmmod Tainted: G D 2.6.37.6-unRAID #4 Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EP43-UD3L/EP43-UD3L (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c103f9d0>] EFLAGS: 00210206 CPU: 0 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: EIP is at exit_creds+0xc/0x72 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: EAX: 00000000 EBX: f7451a80 ECX: 40000000 EDX: 00800063 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: ESI: 00000009 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f3f77f04 ESP: f3f77f00 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Process rmmod (pid: 19824, ti=f3f76000 task=f74009f0 task.ti=f3f76000) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Stack: Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: f7451a80 f3f77f10 c1028797 f7451a80 f3f77f20 c103b3d8 f6d2cb00 00000880 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: f3f77f2c f8513656 f21ae000 f3f77f40 f8513679 f85187a8 00000880 00000000 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: f3f77f48 f8516e16 f3f77fac c104ac0a 6d5f646d 0000646f b76fc840 f6ca16c0 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Call Trace: (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c1028797>] ? __put_task_struct+0x54/0x78 (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c103b3d8>] ? kthread_stop+0x45/0x4b (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<f8513656>] ? md_unregister_thread+0x2c/0x38 [md_mod] (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<f8513679>] ? free_mddev+0x17/0x5d [md_mod] (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<f8516e16>] ? md_exit+0x3a/0x4a [md_mod] (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c104ac0a>] ? sys_delete_module+0x16f/0x1c0 (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c106de6d>] ? remove_vma+0x41/0x47 (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c106ec0d>] ? do_munmap+0x217/0x231 (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: [<c1320325>] ? syscall_call+0x7/0xb (Errors) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: Code: 83 b4 01 00 00 89 83 b8 01 00 00 31 d2 eb 0a e8 bc fd ff ff ba ea ff ff ff 89 d0 5b 5e 5d c3 55 89 e5 53 89 c3 8b 80 b8 01 00 00 <8b> 00 8b 83 b4 01 00 00 c7 83 b4 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 3e ff 08 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: EIP: [<c103f9d0>] exit_creds+0xc/0x72 SS:ESP 0068:f3f77f00 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: CR2: 0000000000000000 Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower kernel: ---[ end trace b12ee35fa51680c7 ]--- Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: Device inventory: (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: WDC_WD20EARS-00MVWB0_WD-WMAZA1128450 (sdb) 1953514584 (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: WDC_WD20EARS-00J2GB0_WD-WCAYY0006603 (sdc) 1953514584 (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: WDC_WD30EZRX-00MMMB0_WD-WCAWZ0945391 (sdd) 2930266584 (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: WDC_WD15EADS-00H7B0_WD-WCAUP0022280 (sde) 1465138584 (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: SAMSUNG_HD154UI_S1Y6J1KS743788 (sdf) 1465138584 (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: WDC_WD10EADS-00L5B1_WD-WCAU48428741 (sdg) 976762584 (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: SAMSUNG_HD154UI_S1XWJ1KS904624 (sdh) 1465138584 (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: ST3500630AS_5QG25Q1E (sdi) 488386584 (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: WDC_WD20EARS-00J2GB0_WD-WCAYY0054753 (sdj) 1953514584 (Drive related) Aug 24 10:42:00 Tower emhttp: shcmd (92): modprobe md-mod super=/boot/config/super.dat slots=21 |$stuff$ logger (unRAID engine) Aug 24 10:43:20 Tower unmenu[3099]: cat: /proc/mdcmd: No such file or directory I've also noticed that if I powerdown the system.. when I power up.. The array doesn't start. I have to do that manually. I"m running beta 11.. Jim

I've replaced the battery not too long ago.. I think the internals are getting flaky.. I can get a new battery.. but I'd like to be able to test the old one first.

My old Back-UPS 350 (Which is quickly becoming undersized) is starting to die! It's shutting down the system almost immediately when I pull the plug. A couple questions.. does the APCUPSD have a command to test the battery? IF I do have to replace, is there support in APCUPSD (or is there en equivalent pachage) for something other than the way overpriced APC brand of UPS's Thanks, Jim

I Have a WD 3TB parity drive that is about 8 hours from finishing the second pass of pre-clear (first pass seemed to have no issues). After that I will try it as the parity drive. I hope all goes well and it's not a WD issue! Jim

That's what I would expect... Why is mine slow?

What kind of speed should I expect when I move files internally (from drive to drive) with MC?? I'm getting around 8-12MB/s This seems slow to me considering the network isn't involved... I have only a Gig of memory... Jim

Well.. My experiment failed... and succeeded! Both packages came today! So now I got two cables fast! but I spent an extra $3-$4 in shipping to monoprice for the USPS Priority! Oh well! Now I know First class USPS works fast (at least over the weekend) coast to coast! I'll have to try them out tomorrow at work! jim

That's the Engineer in me! I'd rather fix it then buy a new one! It wouldn't be the first time (or last, I'm sure) that I've take apart a PS...

Has anyone tried to hack their PS to move 1/2 of the disk cables to the PCIe rail? Seems like it might be pretty easy (if you have soldering skills..) I'd hate to waste my 630W PS if it can be re-engineered

well.. maybe if I get bored I'll open up the PS and see if I can see what goes where! Looks like I'll have to start scouring the good deals for power supplies in the next year or so.. I'm probably good for 10 drives since most (if not all) are green... but I only have 9 for now... Jim

I don't believe so...

So there's no way of knowing which of my cable's go to which rails?

I bought this power supply a while ago. I'm going to add another drive so I thought I'd look into my PS to see if it could handle it. I've got 4 rails @ 20A each.. but how do I know which cables go to which rails? Attached is the PS ratings. I currently have 8 drives and I want to go up to 12.. but for now I'm testing #9 and it doesn't seem to be choking.. Jim

I do have another question... I noticed that on my second pass It went right to zeroing? There is no pre-read? I did a search on this thread for "skip pre" and I only got info about the added command line options. Is new and expected? Jim EDIT: Never mind... I saw it on the .9.9 or so version notes.. SO I guess that it's not needed since you just did a post read on the previous cycle?

ok.. I see there is a bunch of info in the /tmp directory.. so you do it.. Can you add the diff to the e-mail report between cycles? Also can you add the pending report also the e-mail reports? I can probably add them.. but would probably be faster for you to add it to the next release.. Thanks, Jim

Joe, I can't remember... in your script between cycles.. Do you run another SMART test? I'm running two cycles on my new 3TB drive and I'd be interested to see if there were SMART differences after the first cycle. The first cycle took 45hours!! I'd hate to wait another 45 hours only to find there were errors on the first run! ========================================================================1.12 == == Disk /dev/sdd has successfully finished a preclear cycle == == Finished Cycle 1 of 2 cycles == == Using read block size = 8,225,280 Bytes == Last Cycle's Pre Read Time : 9:39:14 (86 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Zeroing time : 8:59:39 (92 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 26:30:13 (31 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Total Time : 45:10:16 == == Total Elapsed Time 45:10:16 == == Disk Start Temperature: 30C == == Current Disk Temperature: 37C, == == Starting next cycle == ========================================================================1.12 I suppose I can do manual diff if it's in the /tmp area...

I bought this right angle forward breakout from monoprice and found that it didn't fit my SASLP card.. So it's of no use to me. I suppose I could return it... but maybe someone here wants it for a couple bucks off..

Ok... So I bought one from Superbiiz and one from Monprice! Superbiiz is USPS first class and Monoprice is USPS priority mail.. both coming from CA! Let the race begin!

I couldn't see the one at Newegg earlier... I thought I did the correct search.. Oh well.. You're right I should just spend the extra $$ and either get the SuperBiiz or the Newegg one. Coincidentally.. I just got an auto notify from mono-price.. I guess they found some since they now have stock of the 1m version.. but they only have 11.. So I either spend $26 from newegg and get it Monday.. or $20 from newegg and get it who knows when.. Or $14 from Superbiiz and get it Probably wednesday or thursday.. or $12 from monoprice and get it who knows when... or $16 from monoprice and get it Tuesday or wednesday! I want it now dammit!! My new case is in and my 3TB drive is coming tomorrow... I'm just out of Sata ports until I can get the SASLP fired up!

Westminster, MA

I'm looking to get a mini-sas to sata forward breakout cable! I'm 0 - 2 so far! I want to get them from Monoprice But they are out until 8/31. I was hoping to get my hands on one before hand! Anyone willing to send me one short term? I can either mail it back buy you a new one from monoprice when they come back in. I could also trade this right angle forward breakout for this cable instead. It's right angle and it doesn't fit on my SASLP card! :'( I also have a reverse breakout cable as well that I'll probably never use. Thanks, Jim

Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX 3TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s HDD -Bare Drive $120 ($119.99) W/ promo code EMCKBJB28 Newegg I think the best I've seen for the 3TB drive was about $110 (since I've started looking). So this isn't too far off... Jim