False number of disks reporting

[Alexandro]

Dear all,

I have 12 disks in my server (including parity and cache) + a card-reader on an internal USB slot (with 5 devices).

The system stats is obviously aggregating all the devices and report 17 disks.

Is it a known issue?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

[dgaschk]

Start up in SAFE-mode and reproduce the issue.

[itimpi]

Start up in SAFE-mode and reproduce the issue.

Isn't the screen shown from the Dynamix System Statistics plugin?  If so it will not be possible to recreate it in Safe mode as that would have suppressed the plugin even being loaded.

[dgaschk]

If the problem is with the plug then the issue must be addressed in the User Customization thread for that plugin. If the problem happens in safe-Mode then we diagnose the problem here.

 

 

[trurl]

Maybe I'm blind but I don't see 17 in the screenshot.

[JonathanM]

Maybe I'm blind but I don't see 17 in the screenshot.

Bottom screenshot, scroll right, lower right info block, title.

[saarg]

If I remember correctly this is a known issue for Limetech. It pushed some users over the max disk limit. I do not find the thread about it though.

[Alexandro]

Start up in SAFE-mode and reproduce the issue.

 

Thanks for the input. Since I am currently away from the server I am not going to be able to boot in safe mode next couple of weeks.

It is not a serious issue for me, just found out and decided to share.

 

BR.

[bonienl]

Start up in SAFE-mode and reproduce the issue.

 

Thanks for the input. Since I am currently away from the server I am not going to be able to boot in safe mode next couple of weeks.

It is not a serious issue for me, just found out and decided to share.

 

BR.

 

Under Storage it simply counts the number hard disks (sd*) as reported by the system, these maybe inside or outside of the array. The disk activity as measured in the graph is over all disks present in the system.

 

[Alexandro]

Thanks,

So this must mean that the card-reader's slots are counted as disks?

[bonienl]

Thanks,

So this must mean that the card-reader's slots are counted as disks?

 

Yep

[trurl]

Start up in SAFE-mode and reproduce the issue.

 

Thanks for the input. Since I am currently away from the server I am not going to be able to boot in safe mode next couple of weeks.

It is not a serious issue for me, just found out and decided to share.

 

BR.

 

Under Storage it simply counts the number hard disks (sd*) as reported by the system, these maybe inside or outside of the array. The disk activity as measured in the graph is over all disks present in the system.

This does get a little confusing with cache pools and unassigned devices.

 

I currently have flash, parity, 5 data, 2 cache, 2 unassigned so the Storage chart is showing a total of 11. Neither of the unassigned disks is mounted, and one is actually precleared so has no file system.

 

The Disk Stats chart just shows a bar for each of 5 data, a single bar for cache, and a bar for flash.

 

I understand why it's working that way given your explanation, and I don't know if it would be an improvement if it were otherwise.

[Alexandro]

Thanks,

So this must mean that the card-reader's slots are counted as disks?

 

Yep

I am not exactly sure that this have to be like this.

 

[bonienl]

The first tab is about the array, I could rename Disk Stats into Array Stats, but then "Flash" would be out of place ...

 

The second tab is about the system as a whole, hence System Stats.

 

[Alexandro]

Understood.

Thank you again.