how do you find out where faulty HDD drive is?

[smilem]

Hi, II\m new here would liketo build my NAS server with UNRAID but I can't decide on the case yet.

 

Lian Li PC-A04

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=561&cl_index=1&sc_index=26&ss_index=69

 

or better

Lian Li PC-9F

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=526&cl_index=1&sc_index=26&ss_index=69

 

because you don't have to remove whole tray to change a single disk.

 

Problem: How do you see what the faulty drive is in a case there is no bad hdd leds like in special nas case?

 

I could buy HDD rack like this (this would require different case any suggestions)

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1294&id=1658

or perhaps this i better

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1257&ID=2032

 

I'm looking forward for using 6HDD's max But these hdd enclosures do not have fault LED either so

 

 

 

[Alex.vision]

From my personal experience good notation of your drives makes all the difference.  I mark all my drives according to the unraid disk assignment page.  Parity, Disk1, Disk2, Disk3, and I place them in my cages the same way top to bottom or bottom to top, right to left, you just have to be consistent.  Also I label each drive by its disk number, brand, size and the last 4 of the serial number ie.. Parity WD2TB 4875, Disk1 WD2TB 2214 and so on.  By checking with the main page I can determine if disk 4 is faulty I can tell which one needs to be pulled. I know this isn't exactly what you had in mind but I would recommend detailed labeling for all unraid users.

[Traxxus]

I don't list disk 1 or 2 or anything, those can change, and all you need is the serial number.  I put the size, model, and last 6 #s of the serial.  I do have a different color sata cable on my parity drive as a reminder.