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Thanks for all your help. I ended up doing a new config, lost all data on disk8, but was able to add disk5 back to the array without data loss. I now have notifications turned on.

Hello, I rebooted my server and the array will not start, showing the message "Too many wrong and/or missing disks!" Server has 2 parity disks, 11 data disks, 1 cache drive, unRAID 6.2.4 I think at some point a few weeks ago, one of my parity drives (s/n last 4 is FDTD) dropped out of the array, when I try adding it back it shows the blue "New device" icon. Then disk5 was showing as disabled/unmountable, no file system present. Now disk8 has failed due to reallocated sectors and a broken SATA power port. I believe because disk8's SATA power connector also connected to parity1 and disk5, it might be the reason why these drives were dropped at the same time, as I find it odd 3 drives would have issues all at once. I unplugged disk8, but now can't start the array because the server thinks there is only 1 parity drive, disk5 is now showing up on the devices page, but as a red X with "Device is disabled, contents emulated" (I can mount it and view files fine via unassigned devices plugin), and disk8 is missing because of the SATA power issue. How can I get this server running again? Is there any possibility of retrieving data from disk8? I can deal with losing all my data on disk5 if it means being able to start the array to rebuild disk8 from parity. syslog, SMART, diagnostics attached. Thanks! tower-diagnostics-20181028-2240.zip

But if you preclear the disks first, won't that not happen because the preclear checks for bad/unreadable sectors?

From what I've read on the forums, it's much faster to not assign a parity drive when initially transferring data. The problem is this is that if one of the hard drive crashes before you assign a parity drive, you lose all the data. So it's either you take a small risk to have faster data transfer at the risk of losing it (if you're unlucky enough for a drive to fail in a 24 hour timeframe) or you can be safe like prostuff1 suggested and use a parity drive when transferring.

Thanks for all the help folks. I've decided to either get a gigabit router ($70) or get a gigabit switch (mine is only 10/100) ($18 on Newegg) followed by a cheap wired router. I'll either be connecting my computer and the unRAID server to the gigabit router, or I can connect both computers to a switch, with the switch connected to a router. Hope this helps someone.

Are you sure the workgroup on your computer is Mshome? Right click on My Computer and go "Properties". It will say which workgroup you actually are in. I believe the default is "WORKGROUP". If you've tried that and it doesn't work, go to explorer and type in \\IPADDRESSOFSERVER such as \\192.168.1.1 or something like that. Then, right click on a share and go "Map Network Drive" for it to show up in "My Computer".

Tried remotely as in used a VPN to connect to a server in the U.S., hope that counts. My IP address is neither: it starts with: 24.86.xxx.xxx

I'm confused, doesn't that mean that if my computer connects to the router and then to the unRAID server, wouldn't that limit the speeds to 100Mbps?

I'm very sure I'm connected directly to the internet as I have an actual IP address when doing ipconfig/(ifconfig eth0 on the unRAID) instead of a 192.168.x.x. The configuration is a bit wonky: My computer - switch in my room - switch in other room - modem My computer and the unRAID server are both connected to the switch in my room. The switch in the other room is connected to my computer, another work computer, and the modem. I have no idea how it works like that, bit haven't had any problems so far. If I were to get a router, does that mean it has to be a gigabit router to get the fastest speeds possible?

Hi, I've done some searching on these forums regarding general security and gigabit switches. I'm really concerned with keeping my unRAID server secure because since it is connected to a gigabit switch, it also can be accessed from the internet (tried accessing the tower IP remotely, worked). I've added a "difficult" password under settings, but I'm wondering, is this enough? I've heard that a router might be a better option but I've had trouble with routers in the past. Is adding a password to the root account enough to stop any possibilities of my unRAID server from being in danger? Also, is it normal for the internet to be really slow when transferring files from my computer to the unRAID server? Update for anyone searching and finds this thread: It turns out I was using a really old hub instead of a switch, the cause of all my transfers being slow and a cause of internet being slow when transferring files. I've since purchased a gigabit switch and a router. My computer and unRAID server are connected to the switch, which is connected to the router. This has boosted my speeds to about 70-80mB/s and I can transfer files to the server while browsing internet without any slowdown, with the security of the router.

Hi, I was planning on purchasing the "JetWay JMA3-880GTV2-LF AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard" from Newegg a few days ago, but me being lazy delayed for a few days. Now it seems like it's deactivated. Do you know of any good alternatives to that board?