August 8, 20223 yr Community Expert That might not have been long enough memtest, but usually a problem will show up in the first pass so I guess we will go with it. The best advice we had was probably here 16 hours ago, JorgeB said: recommend running xfs_repair (without -n) on all array disks. But lets do it with -n first, and one disk at a time, starting with unmountable disk9 Check filesystem on disk9, capture the output so you can post it.
August 8, 20223 yr Community Expert There are still ATA errors with multiple disks on the last diags: Aug 7 19:26:59 Tower kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) Aug 7 19:27:03 Tower kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16) Aug 7 19:27:08 Tower kernel: ata2: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300) Aug 7 19:27:08 Tower kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 Aug 7 19:27:08 Tower kernel: mdcmd (36): set md_write_method 1 Aug 7 19:27:08 Tower kernel: Aug 7 19:27:12 Tower kernel: ata6: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300) Aug 7 19:27:12 Tower kernel: ata6.00: configured for UDMA/133 Aug 7 19:27:13 Tower kernel: ata7: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300) Aug 7 19:27:13 Tower kernel: ata7.00: configured for UDMA/133 Aug 7 19:27:52 Tower kernel: ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) Aug 7 19:27:55 Tower kernel: ata6: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300) Aug 7 19:27:55 Tower kernel: ata6.00: configured for UDMA/133 Ideally you fix those before running xfs_repair, if replacing the SATA cables didn't help it could be a power problem, PSU or power cables.
August 8, 20223 yr Community Expert 3 hours ago, JorgeB said: power problem, PSU or power cables. That's what I'm beginning to suspect. What is the exact model of your power supply? How are the drives connected to the power supply? You probably don't want more than 3, maybe 4, drives on a single SATA power cable. Don't split SATA power connectors. You might be able to put more than 4 drives on a peripheral cable, if you need to split anything do it there on the molex connectors.
August 9, 20223 yr Author Will I lose my data running xfs_repair? I checked the power cables, and even switch a few around when I switched the sata cables. I can order another power supply and try that.
August 9, 20223 yr Author 11 hours ago, trurl said: You probably don't want more than 3, maybe 4, drives on a single SATA power cable. Don't split SATA power connectors. You might be able to put more than 4 drives on a peripheral cable, if you need to split anything do it there on the molex connectors. I am using the molex to sata cable.
August 9, 20223 yr Author Recommendations on a power supply? I have 13 HDD, 1 SSD, do not use GPU power, have 2 Pcie controllers, 5 fans, 65w CPU with a stock cooler.
August 9, 20223 yr Community Expert Post new diags after checking the cables to see if there are still issues. A good quality single rail 550/600W PSU is enough for that, Corsair and Seasonic for example are usually well regarded, though avoid the cheapest models, go for a gold model.
August 10, 20223 yr Author I checked both sata cables and power cables for all the HDD's. Restarted and the same 2 disc are showing unmountable again. Main page shows parity not valid, dashboard shows parity valid. Diagnostics attached. tower-diagnostics-20220809-1956.zip
August 10, 20223 yr Community Expert Disk1 disabled and unmountable, disk9 unmountable. That's the way it was in your previous diagnostics. Nothing you can do to hardware is going to fix those things since they have already happened. The filesystems of both have to be repaired and disk1 has to be rebuilt. But if hardware isn't working well then repair and rebuild isn't going to work well. Can't tell much about how well the hardware is currently working since diagnostics are immediately after reboot. 20 minutes ago, StewLoft said: Main page shows parity not valid, dashboard shows parity valid Not clear what you mean there, parity2 looks fine in diagnostics. Post screenshots.
August 10, 20223 yr Author I am considering this power supply. Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 850W 80+ Gold SLI/Crossfire Ready Ultra Quiet 140mm Hydraulic Bearing Smart Zero Fan Full Modular Power Supply 10 Year Warranty PS-TPD-0850FNFAGU-1 Opinions?
August 10, 20223 yr Community Expert 8 hours ago, StewLoft said: I am considering this power supply That looks very nice. I wish we could be more confident it would solve anything. You could get rid of the Marvell controllers, but also not confident it would solve anything. These diagnostics are mostly full of call traces. Not clear to me if it has anything to do with drives, connections, cables, controllers... Maybe someone else will have some idea what those mean. Without reviewing the thread can't remember every suggestion. I don't think you are using VMs, but is VT-d enabled in BIOS? Marvell and VT-d might not play well together. Have you tried reseating the controllers? Connections and cables. I am beginning to think drives, connections, cables are not the real problem, but I will mention some things about that anyway. Are you bundling data cables? Don't All connectors should sit squarely on the connection with plenty of slack in the cables. I know you did memtest though it may have only been one pass. Couldn't hurt to let memtest run overnight.
August 11, 20223 yr Author Not using VM's, cables are not bundled, I did try resetting the marvel controllers, I have ordered 1 non-marvel controller in case that has something to do with it. Connectors are on solid and have plenty of slack. I am not sure what VT-d is. Should I just remove the 2 drives that are showing unmountable?
August 11, 20223 yr Community Expert You already have a disabled disk and single parity. You can't start the array if you remove any disks unless you New Config and rebuild parity. And if you New Config, you can't rebuild disk1. I guess there is some possibility that everything else would work better without those disks but maybe not. I need to review the thread.
August 11, 20223 yr Community Expert 1 hour ago, StewLoft said: I have ordered 1 non-marvel controller What did you order? Do you still have the original disk1? Is it currently plugged in?
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