May 4, 20233 yr Currently looking to setup an Unraid Machine with AMD 5950X AMD 6600XT MZHOU PCI-E SATA Expansion Card (ASM1064 Chipset w/ 4 Connections) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B096DM8YMR/ 2TB SSD for VM/Docker Cache 2TB WD RED for Array (No parity at moment, cannot afford) Intel 4 Port NIC MSI MEG Unify X570 (https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MEG-X570-UNIFY) Currently ran a test run and SATA would drop with error when running VM. After further reading, I saw this is associated with a bad SATA controller. Guessing onboard isn't the best way to go lol. Quote exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0xfff SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen With all of that in mind, looks like Im hitting ~20 lanes with that setup, and if I add an NVME, looks like I'll be maxed out. Curious what's causing this error? Sorry for the noob questions - I think I have it 90% figured out Appreciate your help! Edit: Lane Calculations Ryzen 5950X PCI/E Lanes Total: 24 ——— Chipset: 04 GPU: 08 NVME: 04 SATA/PCIE Card (X4 SATA): 04 Ethernet Card (x4 1.0Gb): 04 Edited May 4, 20233 yr by Unraid_Student Clarified question and removed additional questions because mod answered
May 4, 20233 yr Community Expert Number of lanes is not the problem, you can only use as many lanes as there are available.
May 4, 20233 yr Author Good to know lanes isnt the issue - just ordered the new SATA controller with new cables and will report back to see if that resolves the issue. Thanks mod team for responding! @JorgeB
May 6, 20233 yr Author Solution Adding a cache pool for domains, switching array to WD Red, adding pcie_aspm=off, switching SATA Cables, and adding new controller seems to have fixed it. Let the VM stay on over night, it hibernated, VM Paused, resumed the VM, and still stable. Solved for now!
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