On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 7:02 PM Bill Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 6:55 PM John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:07:09 -0600 > > Bill Barry <[email protected]> dijo: > > > > >So reassembling is what was needed, but you don't need to force it. > > >Now if you just had some way to automate that. Have you connected > > >your external enclosure to the UPS so that it is protected from > > >temporary power disruptions? > > > > Yes, everything is on my three massive APCs (connected together), even > > the stereo. > > > > I keep thinking that the problem lurks somewhere in the crazy setup: > > > > 4 Intel 8TB NVMe drives, mounted two each on two long PCIe cards, > > inside a 4-bay PCI enclosure, in turn connected to a Thunderbolt 3 port > > on a Lenovo dock, in turn connected to my Lenovo P73 laptop via one of > > its TB3 ports. The whole setup is close to two years old, during which > > time this is the sixth case where the RAID has failed. > > > > When I got up this morning everything was running, so it couldn't have > > been caused by a power glitch. There are lots of other electrical > > devices around the house that tell me when PGE hasn't been playing nice > > - e.g., the clocks on the range and microwave will be flashing, the > > bedroom television that runs all night will be off, among others. > > If it's not a power problem then maybe cabling. How long are your > Thunderbolt cables? > > Bill
I see lots of posts out there claiming that their Thunderbolt connection randomly disconnects. That could certainly cause your problem. Bill
