I've been having a bunch of difficulty with v6.

 

I had a power outage the other day that corrupted my flash drive. I decided to take the opportunity to install v6. I started with a clean install and then added my new initial config. I went through a non-correcting parity check, which went off without a hitch. Today, in the process of getting Plex Media Server running again, I had trouble stopping the array - the disk unmounting would not complete and I had to telnet powerdown to get it stopped. After a reboot I was prompted to do a parity check due to unclean shutdown (?). That's when I noticed that the last info for a parity check was today (in reality it was yesterday) and it shows a bunch of errors. So, i have a few concerns:

 

1. Should I let it do a correcting parity check, I'm worried about the errors that I think are incorrect. Does the correcting parity check just rebuild parity from the data on the disks, or is there something else going on?

 

2. Is it better to do a non-correcting check first?

 

3. Are there some other things I should be checking before mucking about? I checked all the SMART data and don't see any issues with my drives.

 

Also, I keep having connectivity issues with UnRAID. If I am checking things out with the WebGUI every so often, when switching pages, I get a 'cannot connect to server' error and cant get it back. Telnet in and everything looks fine, I can see all disks mounted etc.. Not really sure where to begin with this one. Sometimes switching to a different browser, or quitting and reopening the browser helps. I have never had that problem before switching to v6. I am on Mac OS X (10.6.8 )

 

Thanks for any help with this.

1) A correcting parity check is the default behavior after an unclean shutdown because parity writes may not have had a chance to complete so it could be out of sync. You should let it complete.

 

2) No point in doing a non-correcting parity check. What would you do if there were parity errors? Unless you have some real reason to suspect a particular drive may be wrong might as well fix parity. About the only time it makes sense to do a non-correcting parity check is immediately after a data drive rebuild. If there is a parity error in that case then it makes sense to suspect that particular data drive.

 

3) Memtest never hurts but other than that and possibly booting in SAFE mode not enough to go on.

 

Tools - Diagnostics.

1. Running now.

 

2. that's kind of what I thought

 

3. did memtest overnight with no errors. Also, no other indication of issues before the uppgrade

 

I attached the diagnostics ZIP, I must admit I am not tech savvy enough to decipher the info.

 

Is the network junk possibly an indication that my NIC is dying? Are there diagnostics for this? I have been a Mac person since 1984 so this is all uncharted territory for me.

 

I really appreciate the help. Thanks.

tower-diagnostics-20160206-1632.zip

a bit more info. since my last reply, I cannot access my server at all, neither web nor telnet. I happened to have an IMPI window open and was able to get the last bit of my syslog, which I think is telling me that my NIC is taking a crap.

 

 

heres what I get from ifconfig (over IPMI):

 

 

I have a SuperMicro X8SIL MB. I am really unsure of what I need to do to get function back, I have so little experience with hardware. so, here are a few questions:

 

1. Is my interpretation of the issue correct? Are there other tests I can do to narrow it down?

2. Since I'm in the middle of a parity check, and I do have the IMPI window up, is there a way to monitor the process from the console? 

3. If not, is there a way to halt the parity check from the console so I can powerdown if I need to repair my network issue.

4. Is it really just as simple as getting an ethernet card and using the new NIC. Any suggestions for cards compatible with my MoBo?

Here's the crazy part, I was just able to get my media player to play a video stored on the server, even though I cant connect via browser or telnet. WTF?

Am I reading your sig correctly, you only have 2GB RAM?

Am I reading your sig correctly, you only have 2GB RAM?

 

Yes. I don't do anything but store media and run Plex Media Server (direct connection, no transcoding).