NVidia raid 5 array spooling sounds and delay
- by Chase B. Gale
I've had a raid 5 array setup with 3 2TB WD Green drives for about 3 years now.
Starting last week, when I would access the array for the first time, I hear a loud drive spooling sound and experience a ~5 second delay before being able to access\save files.
This behavior happens when I don't use the array for some time (about an hour) and after occurring it doesn't happen again if I continue to access the array.
I've run SMART scans on all drives and they come back as being a-ok.
What's causing this? Is my array getting close to death?