>> One of the 1T samsungs in the md raid10 isn't entirely happy but mdadm has >> not fussed about it, and smartctl seems to say its ok after testing. >> Other than that the gui access delay (30+ seconds) problems I have did >> NOT go away when I moved /home off the raid to another SSD, so I may move >> it back. One of the reasons I ma rsync'ing this /home back to it every >> other day or so, takes < 5 minutes. > Please get a small SSD, do a fresh install, and test for the access delay. > If the delay is not present, incrementally add and test applications. > If you encounter the delay, please stop and post the details; console > sessions are best. If not, then connect the disks with /home and test. > If you encounter the delay, then please stop and post the details. If you > do not encounter the delay, then your system is fixed. > Take a Clonezilla image.
FWIW, my crystal ball says "30s => software timeout rather than hardware problem" Stefan