After running UnRAID for many trouble-free years, I've run into a number of problems, the latest of which is that I can't make it through a parity check. Running 7.1.4.

Brief history:

Last year it started renaming itself TOWER and losing its IP address. Replaced the Flash drive.

Occasional hangs. I figured the 12 year old hardware might be to blame, so I replaced the MB, DRAM, SATA adapter and PSU with new.

Still couldn't get through a parity check. Tried a number of things unsuccessfully.

A couple weeks back, one drive slot went dead. Replaced both drive cages.

Summary: Aside from the sheet metal and the drives, everything else is now new. Since it still hangs, I'm assuming that there is a problem with one or more of the drives.

I have enabled logging, and attached the latest file. It's not obvious to me, however, what it was doing immediately before the hang.

Is it possible to enable a more detailed logging to see what it was trying to do at the time of the hang? I could hook up a console if that would help.

Thank you,

Bryan

syslog-previous

Attach Diagnostics ZIP to your NEXT post in this thread.

43 minutes ago, cowger said:

enabled logging, and attached the latest file

If you mean you setup syslog server, you need to get the logs from wherever you set it up to store them, zip them, and attach.

syslog-previous is not those logs.

Have you done memtest lately?

Attaching diagnostics (sorry, I should have done this initially).

mldata-diagnostics-20260124-1048.zip

Have you done memtest lately?

No, I have not previously. I just installed Live Memory Tester and am running it on 12 of my 16GB.

Edited January 24Jan 24 by cowger

1 minute ago, cowger said:

No, I have never done this. Is this a plugin?

Thanks....

It is an option on the Unraid boot menu.

There is also a plugin for testing memory while the system is running, but it can only test memory that is not currently being actively used by the OS or an app. This means that it can only test some of the memory but has the advantage of being possible on a running system.

If even 1 error is found (using either variant) then you have a RAM problem.

It is an option on the Unraid boot menu.

There is also a plugin for testing memory while the system is running, but it can only test memory that is not currently being actively used by the OS or an app. This means that it can only test some of the memory but has the advantage of being possible on a running system.

If even 1 error is found (using either variant) then you have a RAM problem.

Got it, thanks. I will need to hook up a console and will do a memtest then.

No, I have not previously. I just installed Live Memory Tester and am running it on 12 of my 16GB.

... and I already have two errors:

Okay, after running a RAM test for about 10 minutes, yielding 6 errors, I will obviously start by replacing the memory. Thanks for everyone who pitched in on this so quickly.

Bryan