I keep having problems with the system locking up and then when I restart it the parity check starts and that takes 18 hours to complete, assuming it does not have a problem.  It seems to happen when copying files to a particular drive.  The last time, I totally reformatted the drive, let the system re-recognize, etc.  Now it has happened again.  Was copying some moves over from another drive and it locked up the system and had to do a restart.  The system comes up and went thru the parity check.  It was still running this morning when I came in.  After about 30 mins, I noticed the drives were not flashing so I tried to access it, but it would not so had to do a reboot again and another parity check is running.  The drive in question now shows 3 plain folders under the filder I was copying to.  If I check either of the folders, they too just have 3 folders under them, etc., etc.  Any suggestions.

1. Check the cables to that drive. Reseat them if possible.

2  Post your syslog file (see the wiki for instructions) and let people have a look at it (identify which drive it is that is in question).

 

How many drives are in your system. 18hours for a parity check seems like a long time.

All drives in the cages but I have checked cables.  The drive in question was moved to another position after the first time.  I have 12 1tb drives plus 1 500gig drive plus the 1tb parity drive.

What cages are you using?  Some are flaky.

 

 

Bill