Many errors on new disk.

[Cupid]

So I did a data rebuild Monday upgrading a 10TB old disk to a new 18TB. 

 

I haven't had any problems with it all week. This morning I got a UDMA error count of 143 and 4,162 errors on the main array page under disk 4. The notifications said they were read errors. 

 

Any thoughts on this?

tower-diagnostics-20221126-0736.zip

[JorgeB]

Looks more like a SATA cable problem.

[Cupid]

Thanks for helping. 

 

If it's just. SATA problem, I guess it could have been much worse. 

 

I have a budget lsi hba card from eBay. So who knows if it's actually legit. 

 

What is the next step right now?

 

I have a spare card and cables. I could swap everything out. But it's also an eBay card. 

 

I would be willing to pay much more for a quality one. I'm just not sure where to look. 

 

Am I safe to clear those stats? Will any of this affect parity? 

 

Thanks for all the help on this by the way. I'm sorry I can't contribute more. 

[JorgeB]

I would start by replacing just that miniSAS cable, then run a non correcting parity check and look for more UDMA CRC and/or read errors.

[Cupid]

Thanks. I'll do that.

[Cupid]

I just finished my parity check. zero errors. I guess that's good.

[Frank1940]

On 11/26/2022 at 9:10 AM, Cupid said:

I have a budget lsi hba card from eBay. So who knows if it's actually legit. 

On E-Bay, you are buying the vendor.  Particularly, with LSI cards.  Those early cards (basically, the 9200 series) have not been made by LSI for 8-10 years!   The only way to get a genuine LSI one is to buy a used one.  As I said, buy the vendor and make sure that the vendor in your country.  Check that the vendor has been around for a while that they have a very high satisfaction rating!   You may pay (almost probably) a bit but you will probably get exactly what is being advertised.  

 

Don't be afraid to be looking at the used cross-flashed LSI cards manufactured for IBM and Dell.  They are almost certainly genuine. 

[dirkinthedark]

https://www.amazon.ca/Array-Internal-Controller-9260-8i-46M0851/dp/B07V6132NX/ref=sr_1_13_sspa?keywords=6+port&qid=1669614492&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=pc&sr=1-13-spons&psc=1&smid=AG8RFCGAP1B4Q&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExRVRFTDlYQjZZRldOJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjI2Njc2MzgwWlNDSEY3NlZHMCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMDc3NzQyMjVSTERGM0pJT0dBNCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX210ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

 

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[Frank1940]

7 hours ago, dirkinthedark said:

https://www.amazon.ca/Array-Internal-Controller-9260-8i-46M0851/dp/B07V6132NX/ref=sr_1_13_sspa?keywords=6+port&qid=1669614492&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=pc&sr=1-13-spons&psc=1&smid=AG8RFCGAP1B4Q&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExRVRFTDlYQjZZRldOJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjI2Njc2MzgwWlNDSEY3NlZHMCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMDc3NzQyMjVSTERGM0pJT0dBNCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX210ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

 

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This is a RAID card and not cross flashed back to the LSI IT-MODE.  (This will have to be done to use the card with Unraid!)  The manufacturing date does look correct and I have never heard of anyone 'counterfeiting' IBM cards...

 

IF you need cross-flashing instructions, Start here:

         https://wiki.unraid.net/index.php/Crossflashing_Controllers

and here:

       https://forums.unraid.net/topic/97870-how-to-upgrade-an-lsi-hba-firmware-using-unraid/#comment-902995

 

If that seems overwhelming to you, I have purchased cards ready-to-use in Unraid flashed to the proper LSI IT-MODE version from this E-Bay vendor and been very satisfied:

 

       https://www.ebay.com/itm/162958581156?hash=item25f1169da4:g:7sYAAOSwjMtcT8T8&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoJsjR7M3FuaakZ1zesxpGx4LZkrxnDsWekbTUIyOR%2BXDP%2F3BG0TkXeoWZVteyuMjBSWW4f53Lqakik6Q%2BKdROeSRBEHZ0UWt1M8aKiIkaynjS9DGan4GYjrYot%2FV1eJ%2Fqsf6IPATYa6XRFzAhJbDz5Nw5RFxOEbKtNCeU9qRagaRFxTaDVydduxrtPGCmF1IVysk8dMbQ5aEQrqrWNCMrpw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4j4wuaXYQ

 

His prices are a bit higher than others but have a look at his reputation--- Almost 7000 satisfied customers.  I suspect you are in Canada so this vendor is not in your country...

 

 

[Cupid]

On 11/28/2022 at 8:52 AM, Frank1940 said:

I suspect you are in Canada so this vendor is not in your country...

 

I am in the United States. What made you think Canada?

 

Thanks for all the information. I'll be looking at them today. I'm wanting a 16i card. 

[Frank1940]

10 minutes ago, Cupid said:

What made you think Canada?

The Amazon link was to the Canadian website for Amazon...