Parity drive and data drive giving me trouble

[In2Photos]

It mounted! Screenshot shows 1.2TB on the drive.

 

Edited June 20, 2022 by In2Photos

[JorgeB]

OK, now you can move the data to another disk in the array (or UD), like mentioned that disk won't mount in the array because Unraid would complain of an invalid partition.

[JorgeB]

Still don't understand why the fs could not be fixed in the array though.

[In2Photos]

53 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

OK, now you can move the data to another disk in the array (or UD), like mentioned that disk won't mount in the array because Unraid would complain of an invalid partition.

So I can use the remaining drive I originally bought for parity and move the data to it, then use this disk as my parity drive correct? Otherwise I would have to order another disk as the 2 left in the array don't have enough free space.

[JorgeB]

6 minutes ago, In2Photos said:

So I can use the remaining drive I originally bought for parity and move the data to it, then use this disk as my parity drive correct?

Yes.

[trurl]

  

On 6/17/2022 at 12:31 PM, In2Photos said:

ordered 2 new drives

 

20 minutes ago, In2Photos said:

use the remaining drive I originally bought for parity and move the data to it, then use this disk as my parity drive correct?

Are these new disks the same size?

[In2Photos]

7 minutes ago, trurl said:

  

 

Are these new disks the same size?

Yes, both 3TB drives. So the final array planned will be 1-3TB for parity and 2-3TB for data (once the 500GB drive is moved to the new drive as well).

Edited June 20, 2022 by In2Photos

[In2Photos]

19 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

Yes.

Awesome! I'm traveling for a couple of days, but as soon as I get back I will get started on moving the data to the other new disk.

[In2Photos]

My 2nd hard drive arrived loose in a box with no support. Should I ask for a replacement? That thing could have bounced all over in that box.

[JonathanM]

4 minutes ago, In2Photos said:

That thing was DEFINITELY bounced all over in that box

FTFY.

 

Yes, I would request a new drive sent with proper packing. Take photos and record the S/N before you return it.

[In2Photos]

8 minutes ago, JonathanM said:

FTFY.

 

Yes, I would request a new drive sent with proper packing. Take photos and record the S/N before you return it.

Amazon will be sending me a replacement. I don't have to ship the other one back before they ship the new one so I can't get the same one back thankfully.

[In2Photos]

The new drive arrived. I moved the data from the cloned disk to the drive and copied the data from the 500 GB drive too using Krusader and the videos on Youtube from Space Invader One. All went well. I then started a new config and set the first 3TB drive (the cloned drive) as my parity drive. The sync process has started so I should be back up and running! Huge thanks to @JorgeB and everyone else for getting me back up!!!  

[In2Photos]

Well, looks like I spoke too soon. There were over 192,000 errors found on the new data disk during the building of the parity.

 

Did I get a bad disk? Do I need to start over? Run a FS check on the data disk?

 

[trurl]

Attach diagnostics to your NEXT post 

[In2Photos]

Diagnostics here.

mytower-diagnostics-20220626-1613.zip

[trurl]

Serial Number:    WD-WX22DB0JVF7Z
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   100   100   000    -    50
197 Current_Pending_Sector  -O--CK   196   196   000    -    2167

That is unacceptable for a new disk. Can you return it?

[In2Photos]

2 minutes ago, trurl said:

Serial Number:    WD-WX22DB0JVF7Z
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   100   100   000    -    50
197 Current_Pending_Sector  -O--CK   196   196   000    -    2167

That is unacceptable for a new disk. Can you return it?

Yes. Can I just replace the drive and allow the data to be rebuilt from parity or should I clone the drive to a new one and then add it to the array?

[In2Photos]

I can get a 4TB drive locally but that would have to become the parity drive. I've had an issue with Amazon and shipping with these disks.

[trurl]

2 minutes ago, In2Photos said:

4TB drive locally but that would have to become the parity drive

https://wiki.unraid.net/Manual/Storage_Management#Parity_Swap

[In2Photos]

21 minutes ago, trurl said:

https://wiki.unraid.net/Manual/Storage_Management#Parity_Swap

Thanks. I'll pick up the new drive tomorrow.

[In2Photos]

Got the new drive and finished the swap. Everything went as planned. Anything else I should do now?

 

mytower-diagnostics-20220629-0803.zip

[mathomas3]

If I could ask...

 

are you planning on using larger disks down the road? I would suggest moving to them sooner rather then later IMO. I at one time had a good number of 3tb and 5tb drives(around 8 at the time) all of them have died over time except for 2 5tb drives... These were mostly green and red drives, Since then I have moved to only 8tb enterprise drives, with a mixed bag of new and used drives. None of these drives have failed as of yet and im up to 14 of those...

 

So to sum it up... I would suggest 8tb enterprise drives the next time you are in the market

[In2Photos]

1 hour ago, mathomas3 said:

If I could ask...

 

are you planning on using larger disks down the road? I would suggest moving to them sooner rather then later IMO. I at one time had a good number of 3tb and 5tb drives(around 8 at the time) all of them have died over time except for 2 5tb drives... These were mostly green and red drives, Since then I have moved to only 8tb enterprise drives, with a mixed bag of new and used drives. None of these drives have failed as of yet and im up to 14 of those...

 

So to sum it up... I would suggest 8tb enterprise drives the next time you are in the market

This server has been in this same configuration for YEARS. I don't see myself needing larger disks, but things can always change. In all honesty I could probably get rid of half the data on this server and never miss it (mostly movies that we no longer watch on our HTPC because we can stream them from various services). Instead this server is mostly just a place to backup our other PCs.