Graber Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) I've got an external 4x enclosure connected via eSata. The (single for now) drive spins up, and the eSata connection indicator is good. I don't see any unassigned devices in my list, and I'm stuck. This is running on a Dell minitower (i5-4430 / 16GB) with an eSata card added. I haven't tried the unit in USB mode, but i'd prefer not to. Adding - I already have a 3 x 8 TB array with a single 8TB parity drive. Trying to add more storage externally since I'm out of physical space in the chassis. Feedback appreciated. Edited December 3, 2021 by Graber Clarification Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Please post the diagnostics. Quote Link to comment
Graber Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 Diagnostics addedunicorn-diagnostics-20211203-0839.zip Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Is it this disk? Dec 3 05:34:53 UNICORN kernel: ata11.00: ATA-10: ST8000DM004-2U9188, ZR11ZNC1, 0001, max UDMA/133 If yes looks like the controller had a difficult time detecting, but appears to be detected correctly now, though Marvell controllers are not recommended. Quote Link to comment
Graber Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 @JorgeBYou are correct - that disk is now appearing in the unassigned devices list. I wonder what changed - the post was after two reboots, but perhaps I just needed to wait longer for detection. Two follow ups - where can you see the reference to the Marvell controller? Is that the controller within the ProBox? The pci card in the tower is a $30 StarTech - also nothing special. I'd love to be able to troubleshoot this myself if it occurs again. Where should I look in the logs? Once you identified the disk, I did some searching for it in the text files, but I cannot infer the error (delay?) from what I found. Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment
Graber Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 This is dated, but I used this as reference for my setup. Are other enclosures/cards recommended? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Graber said: I wonder what changed Likely nothing, it might fail the next time, there were various errors before it was detected, assuming the disk is OK it could be a controller/cable problem. 3 minutes ago, Graber said: Two follow ups - where can you see the reference to the Marvell controller? It's in the server, see here for a list of recommended ones: 4 minutes ago, Graber said: Where should I look in the logs? In the syslog, look for these and similar: Dec 3 05:33:13 UNICORN kernel: ata11: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 330) Dec 3 05:33:40 UNICORN kernel: ata11: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 330) Dec 3 05:33:45 UNICORN kernel: ata11.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) Dec 3 05:33:45 UNICORN kernel: ata11.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) Dec 3 05:33:46 UNICORN kernel: ata11: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 330) Dec 3 05:33:56 UNICORN kernel: ata11.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) Dec 3 05:33:56 UNICORN kernel: ata11.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) Dec 3 05:33:56 UNICORN kernel: ata11: limiting SATA link speed to 3.0 Gbps Dec 3 05:33:56 UNICORN kernel: ata11: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 320) Dec 3 05:34:16 UNICORN kernel: ata11.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x100) Dec 3 05:34:17 UNICORN kernel: ata11: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 320) Quote Link to comment
Graber Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 Thanks. All three components are new. I'll use it unassigned for a bit to monitor. Quote Link to comment
Vetteman Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Mediasonic has an esata card that is compatible with their Mediasonic Probox. http://forum.mediasonic.ca/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=1107 Mediasonic eSata III PCIe card HP1-SS3 Specs: ASMEDIA-asm1061 chipset 2 x eSATA Port - Transfer rate up to 6.0 Gbps Support Port Multiplier and FIS-Based switch Support up to 8 hard drive PCI Express Base Secification Rev 2.0 PCI Express Card Electromechanical Rev 2.0 Serial ATA AHCI Spec. Rev 1.3 Serial ATA Revision 3.0 One lan PCI Express for 2.5 and 5.0 Ghz signaling Single vitrual Channel SSC support ECRC and Advnced Error Reporting Capability 2 ports Serial ATA PHY for 1.5, 3.0 and 6.0 GHz signaling Support IDE/AHCI mode Support Native Command Queue (NCQ) Support Gen1m and Gen2m SATA PHY Have you resolved your issue? I ask as I have the same Mediasonic ProBox but mine supports USB 3.0 and esata. Does not support USB 3.1. I have the Mediasonic esata card and used it in Windows 10 drivepool and Zorin-Os (Ubuntu based) samba shares and it was been very stable via both USB & e-sata. I even had a mdadm raid 0 running on it. Never had an issue. I did try it on my Unraid server (unassigned disks only) and I started to experience freezing and crashes when using esata. Not sure if this is due to the I915 issue or the card. Just curious if you found a solution. Or tried the Mediasonic esata card. Cheers Quote Link to comment
PapaThiele Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) I'm having a similar issue with this unit: Mediasonic PROBOX 4 Bay 3.5” SATA Hard Drive Enclosure – USB 3.0 & eSATA Support 18TB HDD (HF2-SU3S3) 2022 New Chipset * Update: I reinstalled the drives with the largest capacity in the top slot, then next largest, etc...and now it's working. I had the smallest on top the first time, just an OCD/ADHD quirk I have Edited August 18, 2022 by PapaThiele Quote Link to comment
Vetteman Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 It is my understanding that any drives in the Mediasonic ProBox enclosure can not be added to the array and can only be utilized as unassigned drives. Am I correct? Quote Link to comment
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