Acps Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 My current parity check has a estimated finish time of almost 10 days, its been a day since it started. Overall I have been having ton of docker issues, crashing, becoming unresponsive. Ive been thinking some piece of hardware is to blame, possibly to small of a PSU, to CPU cooling, or possibly a faulty raid controller. While my raid array is growing to nearly 25+ TB+ and a cache pool of about 800gb, ive but uninstalled all about Plex, deluge, krusader trying to troubleshoot, and its frustrating as I struggle to pin down what the underlying issues is. I attached my current dianostics, which may not be much as the system was just rebooted yesterday. At some point i had setup my syslogs to be backed up after each reboot, but im not sure where they are, they probably have much more context to my overall issues I have been having. If anyone could take a look at my logs, and maybe point me in a direction to get started id really appreciate it. Thanks in advance! ~Acps unraid-diagnostics-20190903-2033.zip Quote Link to comment
Harro Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Acps said: Ive been thinking some piece of hardware is to blame, possibly to small of a PSU, to CPU cooling This sticks put for me in your log. Fix Common Problems: Warning: CPU Overheating Sep 3 04:40:21 unRaid root: Fix Common Problems: Ignored errors / warnings / other comments found, but not logged per user settings Quote Link to comment
Acps Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 1 minute ago, Harro said: This sticks put for me in your log. Fix Common Problems: Warning: CPU Overheating Sep 3 04:40:21 unRaid root: Fix Common Problems: Ignored errors / warnings / other comments found, but not logged per user settings I noticed this a few weeks ago, however the dashboard in unRaid only reports the CPU temp in the 80-90 F range. Which hardly seems right, I did login to my motherboards bios and tweak my cpu fan setting to run at max 2000+ rpm 24/7. I do have x6 120mm and x2 140mm setup in my case for cooling, it is a smaller compact case with almost 8 hdds and 4 ssds, however i never do get any high temp alarms for any of the hdds. That being said I did purchase a water cooling unit for my i5, as well as a 850w PSU, I was getting concerned that my original 550w PSU was maybe getting maxxxed out when under a heavy load. Ive been hesitant to make any hardware changes because the last time I went tinkering around inside my case I accidentally set a hdd on fire trying to replace a bad drive, luckily I had dual parity setup and didnt loose any data. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 IRQ16 got disabled, SASLP usually uses it, so performance will tank after that, rebooting will fix it, until it happens again, those controllers are not recommended for a long time, for many reasons. Quote Link to comment
Acps Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 4 hours ago, johnnie.black said: IRQ16 got disabled, SASLP usually uses it, so performance will tank after that, rebooting will fix it, until it happens again, those controllers are not recommended for a long time, for many reasons. Well, that doesn't surprise me, I have had a ton of issues since I started back in 2015 with my controller, I thought I had maybe dodge a bullet when I installed a replacement card and installed new sata port cables for it. A couple of questions for you: First being could you point me to a new card or a current list of supported controllers, I checked https://wiki.unraid.net/Hardware_Compatibility#PCI_SATA_Controllers ; but I wasnt sure how current it is, as my SASLP card is listed as a compatible card. Id like a card that will work in my x4 pci slot if I don't lose any performance over the x16. So that I can have a dedicated gpu installed later for VMs. Second, currently I have my 4 ssds installed using my onboard sata controller on my motherboard which I think is a Intel. Is it safe to leave them like that? Or do I need another sata controller card? Or do I need a card big enough to hold 8 hdds and 4 ssds? I think I will end up ditching 4 cache drives for 2 x500gb raid 0 pool instead here in the near future. Thanks in advance for the help again! ~Acps Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Unfortunately not many x4 options, recommend HBAs are LSI, but they use a x8 slot. No problem leaving the SSDs on the Intel ports, in fact it's usually the best place to connect them. Quote Link to comment
Acps Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 5 hours ago, johnnie.black said: Unfortunately not many x4 options, recommend HBAs are LSI, but they use a x8 slot. No problem leaving the SSDs on the Intel ports, in fact it's usually the best place to connect them. What about using my x16 slot for a controller card then, and try passing through onboard gpu instead? Dont think I absolutely need a dedidcated gpu for VMs anyways, more of something to tinker around with. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 For the x16 slot you can get an LSI, any model with a SAS2008/2308/3008/3408 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, 9400-8i, etc and clones, like the Dell H200/H310 and IBM M1015, these latter ones need to be crossflashed. Quote Link to comment
Acps Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 Ugh, just when I thought i was heading in the right direction to try resolve some of my issues, I had both parity drives disable with many errors. Heres my diagnostics. What should i try and do now? Is this still related to the controller card causing issues or am i having drive issues now? unraid-diagnostics-20190912-0336.zip Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Looks like a controller problem, but both disks were dropped so no SMART, you'll need to reboot. On 9/4/2019 at 7:47 AM, johnnie.black said: those controllers are not recommended for a long time, for many reasons. That's another reason, they are known to drop disks without a reason. Quote Link to comment
Zonediver Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 (edited) Info about LSI-Controllers: All types with a "1" in the label (9211-8i, 9217-8i) are RAID-Controllers and must be flashed to IT-Mode. Edited September 13, 2019 by Zonediver Quote Link to comment
Acps Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 Will this work for my x16 slot and 8 hdd array?SAS9211-8I 8PORT Int 6GB Sata+SAS Pcie 2.0 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002RL8I7M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_C6SEDbMWCJB0NLeaving the ssds on the motherboard sata controller?Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
Zonediver Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Acps said: Will this work for my x16 slot and 8 hdd array? SAS9211-8I 8PORT Int 6GB Sata+SAS Pcie 2.0 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002RL8I7M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_C6SEDbMWCJB0N Leaving the ssds on the motherboard sata controller? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Not without flashing to IT-Mode - the 9211-8i is a "RAID-Controller" - you need a HBA > flashing to IT-Mode by yourself at your own risk (i hope, this works) 😉. Edited September 13, 2019 by Zonediver Quote Link to comment
Acps Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 So are you saying there are easier cards to setup for unraid Quote Link to comment
Zonediver Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, Acps said: So are you saying there are easier cards to setup for unraid Again: You need a HBA (HostBusAdapter) and "not" a RAID-Controller. All Controllers with a "0" in the lable are HBAs (IT-Mode) - see my signature - i use a LSI SAS 9207-8i (HBA, not RAID) See also my post above "Info about LSI-Controllers" 😉 Edited September 13, 2019 by Zonediver Quote Link to comment
Acps Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 Im running into another huge problem. Getting the error "Unable to write to disk5 - Drive mounted read-only or completely full." Is this due to the controller card or bad disk? unraid-diagnostics-20190913-1509.zip Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Acps said: Is this due to the controller card or bad disk? It's a corrupt filesystem, likely caused by the controller dropping the disk, you need to run xfs_repair, but it won't be a bad idea to replace that controller before doing anything else. Quote Link to comment
Acps Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 How does this card look for working straight outa the box without any issues with unraid? https://www.amazon.com/LSI-Logic-9207-8i-Controller-LSI00301/dp/B0085FT2JC Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 That's fine and plug and play, as long as it's genuine, 9211-8i also works, just needs to be flashed to IT mode, that's very easy. Quote Link to comment
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