So...Everything seems fine now! The pool has imported and mounted properly; no clones, no spamming IO errors in the sys log, and no frozen GUI!
So i ask myself:
- Was it (on a whim) changing the PCI-e lanes that HBA from x8x4x4 ---->x4x4x4x4 (i couldn't get it to run at its designed x8 lanes on any PCI-e slot...seems to be an issue that these v2.0 cards have. Most people recommend running them at x4. Its mainly used for backups, so speed isn't a concern)?
- Did the second cable confuse the unraid config and it couldn't forget over multiple (hard) reboots?
- Or simply (as i hope) b'cuz i edited the pool settings instead of leaving it to auto detect on import.
- And furthermore, why did any of that mess up my dockers before?!?!?!
I don't know if this thread should be left up for other people who might have similar issues or not (i haven't found many forums talking about duplicate drives listings). when i have time, i think i'll set up some more simulation on another mobo/HBA/drive cab, and see if i can make it do this again.
For this round, I will mark this as solved. Thank you so much for nudging me in the right direction...i still feel like i solved it by rolling dice tho...not sure the actual cause!
