On 12/12/16 03:17, Phil Turmel wrote: > On 12/11/2016 05:14 PM, Adam Goryachev wrote: >> > On 12/12/16 04:14, juca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> > If you are still having problems after that, then please try to post >> > more details on what happens when the drives vanish (eg, kernel logs, >> > system logs, etc). >> > >> > Also, you might consider an alternative SBC, some have SATA ports >> > already available (RPi are the only SBC's I've used, but there are many >> > other options/variations). > There's also a kernel boot parameter that can cut off all USB > auto-suspend, which I suspect is part of the problem. It has been known > for a long time that USB is not robust enough to be trusted in MD arrays. Okay, I've just parroted it on the wiki, but the wiki does recommend against USB disks, precisely because every mention (very few) I've seen says it's a bad idea - because of suspend. Cheers, Wol -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html