I have a ASUS P8H67-V running my file server.
I'm using 4 Samsung HD154UI drives in a RAID 5 volume. I bought 3 at first but later added the fourth. The fourth is located under the 5.25" bays whereas the original 3 are placed in their separate cage. The disks are set to turn off when not in use.
The problem I'm having is that this fourth drive started "disappearing". Like suddenly it isn't even recognised by the system any more. Intel Matrix reports it as missing and of course, the volume is degraded.
When I hard reset the computer, the drive is back as if nothing happened and the volume starts rebuilding (takes about 10 hrs
)
This happens VERY frequently, like often even before the volume is rebuilt.
tl;dr:
initially everything was fine
now one of the drives is disappearing, rate of disappearance seems to be stable. That is, it's not getting more or less frequent.
SMART says everything is peachy
I changed the SATA cable with no change in behaviour.
Is it possible that my drive is failing like this?
I'm using 4 Samsung HD154UI drives in a RAID 5 volume. I bought 3 at first but later added the fourth. The fourth is located under the 5.25" bays whereas the original 3 are placed in their separate cage. The disks are set to turn off when not in use.
The problem I'm having is that this fourth drive started "disappearing". Like suddenly it isn't even recognised by the system any more. Intel Matrix reports it as missing and of course, the volume is degraded.
When I hard reset the computer, the drive is back as if nothing happened and the volume starts rebuilding (takes about 10 hrs
)This happens VERY frequently, like often even before the volume is rebuilt.
tl;dr:
initially everything was fine
now one of the drives is disappearing, rate of disappearance seems to be stable. That is, it's not getting more or less frequent.
SMART says everything is peachy
I changed the SATA cable with no change in behaviour.
Is it possible that my drive is failing like this?
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