I am trying to do what would be a very simple task. I have two HDDs (spinning drives) and I am trying to move the data from one to the other using rsync.
The command in itself is very simple
rsync -r --info=progress2 /mnt/disk1/backupfolder /mnt/disk2/backupfolder
The amount of data to move is around 4tb.
Somehow, once around 89% and another at 94% the process dies, and halts the server itself, making it completely unavailable and unresponsive (pings don’t work, nothing hosted works, ssh does not work). Only a reset via button on the case works here.
At first I was under suspicion was temperature. After constantly checking the second time with beszel, seems everything is in the normal ranges.
Did anyone else experience such bizarre system shutdowns/hangs? In the meantime I am going to test the memory with memtest just to be sure is not that.
Edit: forgot to mention, both drive smart data gives a pass, although they are second hnd bought with warranty.
Edit2: memtest finished and nothing is there (thank goodness, because ram right now is just stupid priced). Some commenters mentioned something on the disks. Will now proceed with this lead
I am also inclining in this direction. I just ordered a new 8tb drive, and will proceed with smart long tests. When you talk about secure erase, are we talking using dd with /Dev/null?
I’m suggesting either using the secure erase utility built into your efi if available or using hdparm and calling secure erase.
https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16716
I suggest calling these utilities with no other drives connected.