Shared Folder permission bug - maybe ZFS related?

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Neither could I, reminds me of the long thread where the OP had used a cheap Chinese generic sata card, in cases like this the best option is not the cheapest and a 'branded' card such as StarTech that has their own site and support is the better option.

But if this was me I'd stick with USB3 and I found this from back in 2013

Main issue there is that the OMV GUI doesn't support USB drives for ZFS. When I tried to add the pool I'd created via CLI, it actually crashed most of the server (SSH connections died, bad gateway to the UI, etc), so I had to physically reset the machine! Couldn't even find any logs to submit for a bug report...

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I don't use consumer SATA cards. My preference if for used server hardware. Good, 8 port HBA's, can be had on the auction sites for less than $40. Flash it to JBOD and you'll have all the SATA/SAS ports you might need, if your case can handle more drives. Here's a thread if you're interested in the route. -> Cheap RAID cards.
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In your case, the problem would seem to be narrowed to two possibilities:

- The ICY Box's eSATA interface (or)
- The eSATA adaptor (This one gets my vote. It's a generic card and the reviews had it as failing prematurely.)

Take your pick of the two above but it would make sense to go with the lowest cost option first. That appears to be the eSATA card.

Here's an article for -> picking a replacement card.
(Again, I've never used one of these cards, so I can't recommend anything.)

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Thanks for the pointers, will have a read at lunchtime and see what I can narrow it down to! Your patience and advice is much appreciated!

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Based upon the above 2 comments, when you attempted to create a pool via the GUI, OMV was unable to locate any usb drives

Whilst using USB drives for this is probably not recommended it should be doable but not advisable. That would leave you with sourcing a 'branded' eSata card -> StarTech

Found the reference: RE: Disk not showing under RAID management tab

For £25 and next day delivery, I think it's worth a punt

BTW, any ideas on where to look for logs for some form of OMV crash that's not well handled by the UI? I poked around /var/log/openmediavault but couldn't find anything in there...

Latest update time. New adapter card arrived, but seeing the same issues, so looks like it's more than likely a fault with the box. A review from 6 years ago of the same unit model describes the same problem, but none of the recent reviews do. So perhaps just unlucky... So looks like I'm in the market for a new enclosure now

Thanks all for your advice here!

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4 drive enclosures are $100 and up, USD. If you're using USB 3.0 or better (both ends), you're getting reasonable throughput and it's working well, you might consider using what you have.

I was thinking about that, but RE: Disk not showing under RAID management tab made me reconsider somewhat. This seems like one of those things where folks have very different opinions, and not having much experience in this area, not sure entirely which way to go. Will have a good sleep on it

All looking good with mergerfs + Snapraid, so marking this as resolved. Thanks for your help all!