April 24, 20242 yr Very new to Unraid, but migrating from decades of Windows for my fileserver usage. I have an 8TB parity disk and I have two 4TB disks that I have set up in the array. I purchased a new SSD and it arrived today. I installed it, formatted it but also clicked a couple things that may have messed things up. For example, I accidentally added one of the 4TB drives as a parity drives. I quickly noticed my mistake and stopped the array Tools > New Config to start over. At the same time, I installed the new SSD as a cache pool and formatted it. However, there's an error on the dashboard that reads "Pool has 1 SMART error." I ran some self-test diagnostics and it shows: Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 1 - # 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 1 - Not sure if the error is there because the drives are doing a parity sync or if it's temporary? Or does the drive have an error?
April 24, 20242 yr Community Expert The fact that drives are doing a parity sync should be irrelevant. You do not mention what type of SMART error it is and since you did not post your system's diagnostics (which includes amongst other things SMART reports for your drives) we cannot look for ourselves to see if there appears to be genuine problem.
April 24, 20242 yr Author Okay, good to know the parity sync should be irrelevant. I also have an "Array has 1 failed device" but I read that it is likely due to the parity being checked that it would go away. Wasn't sure if this was the same. I've attached the diagnostics zip file. Thank-you! Learning lots! fileserver-diagnostics-20240424-1813.zip Edited April 24, 20242 yr by csimpson
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.