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3 Bay hot swap, only 2 work

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kenZ71
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3 Bay hot swap, only 2 work

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Odd issue, In my supermicro box I have a Star Tec 3 bay hot swap drive tray model #HSB320SATBK, only 2 bays work at a time.

I have tried flipping the sata and power cables but it don't matter still only 2 drives work at the same time. Nothing stands out in the logs.

Anyone have experience with Star Tec? I see mixed reviews online.
11.2-RELEASE-p3 | ZFS Mirror - 2 x 8TB WD Red | 28GB ECC Ram
HP ML10v2 x64-embedded on Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4150 CPU @ 3.50GHz

Extra memory so I can host a couple VMs
1) Unifi Controller on Ubuntu
2) Librenms on Ubuntu

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Re: 3 Bay hot swap, only 2 work

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Found the issue to be error 18, that is the user 18 inches from the machine did not check all the cables properly.

At the same time I replaced the 600 watt power supply with a 300. Now my cpu and drives temps are averaging 31 & 29 vs 33 & 40. The power bill might see a drop too.
11.2-RELEASE-p3 | ZFS Mirror - 2 x 8TB WD Red | 28GB ECC Ram
HP ML10v2 x64-embedded on Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4150 CPU @ 3.50GHz

Extra memory so I can host a couple VMs
1) Unifi Controller on Ubuntu
2) Librenms on Ubuntu

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