I'm fairly knowledgable when it comes to network and IT related stuff. f=For the past 4 years I was running a different NAS software, but I finally decided to give UnRAID a try. There are many options that I like about UnRAID that I did not get from the other software I was running.
Well here is where the problem starts, I am running a storage server as of right now that has 6 disk for data and 1 SSD for cache. There is no parity drives as the data is backed up to a different server. I have been experiencing crashes constantly and I have troubleshooted this thing to no ends. I have used a brand new out of the box HDD, new memory, set the BIOS back to default and everything. I can not figure why it is doing what it's doing.
To further explain the symptoms:
It can run just normally, no notifications what so ever. I have did the whole "Fix Common Problem" plugin and nothing comes back. But suddenly all the shares are dropped, I can't connect to the webgui, and can't even ssh into it. I let it sit there for 30min to see if it comes back up on its own and nothing. Even when I press keys on the keyboard (actually physical machine) nothing happens. This happens about 4 to 8 times a day. All the hardware is fairly knew and I have no problems with the previous OS. I really like UnRAID and would like to give it a chance, but at this rate it seems like going back to the other OS is less worries..