Hi, 

I would really appreciate any help you all might be able to provide for my situation. I have an UNRAID server running on an Intel NUC. I use a harddrive enclosure connected to my NUC via USB 3.0. My enclosure was behaving strangely so I bought a new one. I switched out the enclosures and tried to spin up my array, but Unraid does not recognize any of the disks. Below is a screen shot. 

 

Thanks, 

Dan

Looks like the USB enclosure is presenting the disk identifier differently than before. Go to Tools - New Config, assign your disks making absolutely sure you assign parity correctly. Then you can check the box saying parity is valid, and start the array.

 

Not many people running everything USB. How long does a parity check take for your configuration?

2 hours ago, trurl said:

Looks like the USB enclosure is presenting the disk identifier differently than before.

Yep, and that's one of the reasons USB array disks are not recommended, but the main one is still its poor error handling.

Thanks for your help. I was able to reassign the drives and start the array. With the USB enclosure, parity check and rebuilding a drive takes days. I realize now this config was a mistake and will definitely change it up when I upgrade. It just fit the best with the materials I had available at the time. Thanks for your help. 

I wish the NUC had more than one SATA port. Would make a great starter (or portable) platform along with a small disk enclosure. One or two SFF-8088s would be awesome!