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I did try different slots, and on different CPUs as half of the slots are via CPU1 and the others via CPU2. didn't change anything.

No, it's not onboard. I'm using a Dell PERC H200 card. (IT Mode) Problem is, I've bought a second identical card, and both the cards gave me errors. I've then cooled the cards using a fan, and also changed the thermal compound. After this, I didn't have errors for a month. Until I had errors again. :D This is what confuses me. I don't know if the cards are fried, if the cooling is insufficient, if a drive is misbehaving and causing the card to crash or something, or if the motherboard or one of the CPUs is problematic. By this point, i"m even considering the PSU. I don't know what else to try. Would you suggest I buy a 3rd card ?

Well, I managed to get the diag. If anyone can take a look at this, I'm more than happy to listen to your thoughts. I know removed the card all-together, and I've connected all 9 drives on the motherboard. 6 via SATA, and 3 vis the SAS port. Since the problems begun, I've completely removed the Parity Drive, as I had to constantly rebuild it which would probably fry my drives all-together. Anyway, other that 1 specific drive with all my family photos, the rest of the drives are media only so I don't really care even if one fails right now. I just wanna fix this. This is getting seriously annoying, and I don't know where to move from here. theark-diagnostics-20250604-1403.zip

Mine just have thermal paste, like a CPU. So, new update. The server had been running fine up till like 2 days ago. When the fire nation attacked. :D Same problem. All disks on the HBA card get read errors. I really don't know what to do. This frustrates me really, REALLY much. :( I will wait for the next error, and I will post the diagnostics. Maybe someone can help.

Sorry I was on a business trip and had no internet to post diagnostics. I was also so busy I couldn't mess with the server itself. So I THINK I've figured out the issue. But I keep an eye on it, just in case. I'm only replying for a possible future problem of similar type. Turns out, the Dell H200 controller was overheating and causing all sorts of problems. I just strapped on a Fan with a couple of zip ties, and everything works flawlessly. Which though, is pretty weird, since this is exactly the way the server has been running for quite a while now, and the room is 24/7 air conditioned to 22 degrees. I don't know what's gotten into it now. That being said, I will remove the heatsink, replace the paste if there is any, which I guess there must be, (or a pad) and will place the fan properly using a 3D printed bracket. But for now, just cooling the card, did the trick. Anyway, just for reference for future users !

Hello everyone. Hope you're doing well. I've been experiencing some issues with my server, and I can't really seem to figure out what's going on My Server Consists of: Supermicro X9DRi-LN4F+ 2 x 2690 v2 128GB RAM 8 Drives on a Dell H200 3 Drives on the onboard SAS 3 NVMes on an Asus Hyper M.2 card 1660 Ti GPU A Dual Coral TPU on a PCIe adapter. A month ago, my server showed me read errors on all the drives that were connected to the H200. I restarted and it worked for a couple of days. Then it happened again. And so on and so forth. Then I saw some errors on the onboard SAS as well. So I thought that was causing the issue. So I moved the drives from the onboard SAS to the onboard SATA. And then everything worked for about 20 days. Today, the server, again, experienced read errors on all drives of the H200 Controller. So I bought a new one, flashed it to IT mode, and installed it. Same errors. Right when I boot the server, it just shows read errors, and I have to shut it down. I tried a second H200. I tried different PCIe slots. I don't know what else to try, my mind is about to explode. I've been heavily relying on this server for my work, and it just cut my legs off. I can't pinpoint the problem, so I know what to change/fix/buy. This is what I see 15 seconds after I start the array: and then I have to shut it down. Any ideas ?

Oh I see. Good to know ! Your solution to the second problem was really helpful too. Thank you !!!

After 1-2 restarts more, the UI finally showed me the drives, but then I got an error when trying to start the array. "Wrong Pool State - cache invalid expansion" And I found this: Removing and re-adding the cache fixed this issue. Now I properly started up the Array. I don't know why this happened. I understand the wrong config for my cache pool, but why the drives didn't show up at all is another question. Anyway, you can look at the logs for possible answers to that, if anyone cares.

Hello fellas. Hope you are all doing great ! I upgraded to 7.0.0 last night, and I now have a problem. I don't see any drivers in the UI and I can't start the array. But I have the "Disk Location" plugin, and that DOES show the drives. #weird. I don't know how to move from here, any advice ? PS. This is what I am looking at right now: Although Disk Location: (Also Posting the logs) EDIT: I did try Restarting, Clean Shutdown and Boot Cycle, and I also tried removing the Unraid Connect plugin as some users suggested here: theark-syslog-20250114-0544.zip

Hey !! Although I didn't actually make anything yet, because of personal reasons (I really had no time), I found multiple enclosures for HDDs on Thingiverse.com If that is any help to you !

Hello Guys. I'm struggling to passthrough a USB Coral TPU to my Frigate docker. Is this still working in 2024 ? typing this: ls -l /dev/serial/by-id in terminal, gives me back this result: /bin/ls: cannot access '/dev/serial/by-id': No such file or directory am I doing something wrong ? Did anything change with the recent updates to Unraid OS ? I can't figure out how to move on. Using "lsusb" I found my USB device to be: Bus 002 Device 009: ID 18d1:9302 Google Inc. If I add a "Device" in the docker with the value: dev/bus/usb/002/009 it KINDA works. What I mean by kinda, is it worked ONCE, then frigate keeps crashing and going on a restart frenzy. This is not a super-deal-breaker for me right now, as 1) I did actually passthrough my GPU successfully, and frigate works with TensorRT currently. 2) I am planning or migrating the Frigate NVR on a Raspberry Pi later. But, it would be nice (till then) to get it working with the actual Docker I am running on Unraid.

Thank you both guys. I think I'm going to buy one of those, and see what I can achieve. Thanks again. Apreciate it a lot.

Hello Everyone ! I would like to ask a question about backplanes and how could I use one (possibly). // A little Info // I am currently using a Supermicro X9DRi-LN4F+ with 9 Drives. 8 SATA and 1 nVME. All 8 SATA drives are connected using a Dell H200 card with two SAS to 4 SATA cables. (after suggestions from forum members). While the Motherboard still has all its SATA ports available. This works great, and I've had no problems using it this way. I have everything mounted on a 100% DIY box, (enclosure) and the drives are just bolted onto an old 3.5" drive bracket from an old server Tower. // What I'd like to do (and my Questions) // I saw online that backplanes from servers are sold as replacement parts. Since my drives are getting more and more (as need grows), could I possibly use a backplance as such, and connect it to my H200, to mount the drives on that ? For example I found that an F313F backplane (such as this one) is quite cheap, and I was thinking of buying one, and making a custom 3D printed case with HDD Caddies for it. Would something like this work ? The F313F has a "BP" connector that goes to the motherboard apparently. Is that necessary ? Would it be a problem not connecting it ? // Other Possible Solutions // Would you suggest against this ? Or would you suggest something else all together? I also saw about drive "cases" (such as this one) but they tend to be more expensive and require proprietary caddies. I quite like the DIY part of my solution, and difinitely like spending less IF POSSIBLE. I'm not rich by any means. ANY advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read my problem. Have a nice day.

// EDIT // Following the guide posted by alturismo Will post results.

Hello everyone. Hope you're doing great ! I've got a "problem" that I am affraid to try and solve myself and I was wondering if someone could help me out ! The problem: I think I need to update my BIOS, but not only did I get confused by Supermicro's website, but also many articles I read online, said a LOT of things about bricked motherboards, and honestly, I'm too scared to ruin my machine. The process, isn't exactly what I'd call straight-forward. My Motherboard, is the Supermicro X9DRi-LN4F+. Some people update though CLI during boot, some people through IPMI, etc. I'm seriously affraid to ruin a perfectly good machine. Why update in the first place? I currently have a single Cache Disk (a SATA SSD), but for security reasons, I'd like to upgrade to 2 NVMe drives in RAID 1. As far as I know, this is possible, and a good way to be protected. For know, I have to settle for backups of the Appdata folder. That being said, my Motherboard doesn't support NVMe drives since it doesn't have any M.2 slots, so I will have to use PCIe to M.2 adapters. I saw one from ASUS, called "Hyper M.2 X16 Card v2". It supports up to four M.2 drives, but in order for it to work, (as I read here on the forum) my Motherboard needs to suport PCIe bifurcation so it's treated as 4, PCIe x4 instead of a single x16. As this post on reddit suggests, this does actually work on X9DRxxxx motherboards, but with newer versions of the BIOS. Any other possible suggestions ? If someone has some other suggestion, instead of using 2 drives, I'd love to hear it. Or any other suggestion in general. As you must have figured out by now, what I'm looking for, is a fast Cache, but with security in case it fails. Maybe the Single drive + Backup option is good enough. I don't know. Maybe, I could use two different PCIe to M.2 adapters, but I hate to ruin a whole slot, for a single drive. If I have no option though, well.. To Conclude: If ANYONE of you knows what I need, I'd be more than happy to listen to what you have to say/suggest. If you require more info from my side, tell me. Hope I didn't bore you to death. Looking forward to your replies. Thanks. ❤️