Fredrick

Ran 24hrs memtest without error. (42gb ecc ram). Ran Burst test for 24 hours without error Already tried different sata cables (swapped when also changing the PSU). Havn't tried stressing the CPU, no VM has access to full CPU atm. So far my best theory is that my previous two drive failures were pretty random. One was pretty old. And the last two was a bad batch (drives bought at the same time, failed in the first month, similar symptoms). Bad luck, but

Thanks for the feedback. Since posting this I've seen really bad symptons from more drives. Currently troubleshooting, but looks like two more drives are failing. They are running a bit hot, but not too bad (about 45c). Even changed PSU since the first one failed.

Hi, I've recently suffered another drive failure, which is causing me to re-evaluate how I secure my data. This is my current set up: - Replaceable files (media, remuxed blu-rays etc.) are stored non-duplicated on the Drivepool - Irreplaceable files like personal photos, documents etc are duplicated, stored on a second computer, and most of it is also in the cloud. The problem when loosing a drive with this set up is the time it takes to recover lost "replaceable" files, and a struggle to identify which items was on the failed drive. As I see it there are multiple options: Duplicate all data in the pool Unfortunately a costly solution due to need for extra drives. Provides a fast way of recovering from drive failuresUpload all data to cloud Annual cost of about 99$ for my cloud providers unlimited plan. Bandwidth is not a problem, but file recovery will still take quite a lot of time. RAID-solutions outside of Drivepool Not really interested in this solution. Requires formatting to get started, still need to purchase extra drives.-- I'm currently at about 30TB Pool, if I'm going for duplication I'd need 3 more 8tb drives, which is fairly expensive here in Norway (about 300$ per drive) Any comments or other suggestions? What would you do?

Hi! I'm currently working on rebuilding my pool after 3 drives tanked within few days (fan-failure caused them to go too hot I think). I'm adding a couple of 8tb Archive drives, and an 240gb SSD for write-cache with the SSD-optimizer. The Archive drives does handle sequential reads and writes pretty well, but I've got tons of tiny files. Media library with .jpg of every actor and .nfo for each episode etc. I suspect having these files stored on the SSD would be a good way of giving the archive drives an easier task. They have poor IOPS performance. Any easy way to configure that files <150kb are stored on the SSD or something similiar?