Howdy, Same thing just a new drive. I got a new 20TB drive in, same as last one in this thread. This is what I get from it.
May 29 19:06:52 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4: found unknown device (class 0) May 29 19:07:02 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4: softreset failed (1st FIS failed) May 29 19:07:02 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4: found unknown device (class 0) May 29 19:07:12 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4: softreset failed (1st FIS failed) May 29 19:07:12 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4: found unknown device (class 0) May 29 19:07:17 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4: found unknown device (class 0) May 29 19:07:17 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 330) May 29 19:07:17 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4: link online but 1 devices misclassified, retrying May 29 19:07:17 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 30 secs May 29 19:07:47 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 330) May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4.00: ATA-11: ST20000NM007D-3DJ103, SN05, max UDMA/133 May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4.00: 39063650304 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32), AA May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4.00: Features: NCQ-sndrcv May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST20000NM007D-3D SN05 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0 May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdi] 39063650304 512-byte logical blocks: (20.0 TB/18.2 TiB) May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdi] 4096-byte physical blocks May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdi] Write Protect is off May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdi] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdi] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdi] Preferred minimum I/O size 4096 bytes May 29 19:07:48 Gentoo-1 kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdi] Attached SCSI removable disk And hdparm -I shows this. root@Gentoo-1 / # hdparm -I dev/sdi dev/sdi: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: ST20000NM007D-3DJ103 Serial Number: ZVT3ANGK Firmware Revision: SN05 Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0 Standards: Used: unknown (minor revision code 0xffff) Supported: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 Likely used: 11 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 39063650304 Logical Sector size: 512 bytes [ Supported: 512 4096 ] Physical Sector size: 4096 bytes Logical Sector-0 offset: 0 bytes device size with M = 1024*1024: 19074048 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 20000588 MBytes (20000 GB) cache/buffer size = unknown Form Factor: 3.5 inch Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 7200 Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Queue depth: 32 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 Recommended acoustic management value: 254, current value: 0 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * SMART feature set Security Mode feature set * Power Management feature set * Write cache * Look-ahead * WRITE_BUFFER command * READ_BUFFER command * DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE Power-Up In Standby feature set * SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up SET_MAX security extension * 48-bit Address feature set * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE * FLUSH_CACHE_EXT * SMART error logging * SMART self-test * Media Card Pass-Through * General Purpose Logging feature set * WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT * 64-bit World wide name * IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD Write-Read-Verify feature set * WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command * {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands * Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE * unknown 119[6] * unknown 119[7] unknown 119[8] unknown 119[9] * Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s) * Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s) * Native Command Queueing (NCQ) * Phy event counters * Idle-Unload when NCQ is active * READ_LOG_DMA_EXT equivalent to READ_LOG_EXT * DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization Device-initiated interface power management * Software settings preservation unknown 78[7] * SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set * SCT Write Same (AC2) * SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3) * SCT Features Control (AC4) * SCT Data Tables (AC5) unknown 206[7] unknown 206[12] (vendor specific) unknown 206[13] (vendor specific) unknown 206[14] (vendor specific) * SANITIZE_ANTIFREEZE_LOCK_EXT command * SANITIZE feature set * OVERWRITE_EXT command * All write cache is non-volatile * Extended number of user addressable sectors <<< SNIP >>> Checksum: correct root@Gentoo-1 / # According to that, it is connected at udma6 which is the fastest. So that is good, I guess. Since both drives is slow to connect, it seems this is a trend and may just be normal for these drives. Given I use these for data that is only put in use a few minutes after booting, which gives it plenty of time to connect properly, then it isn't a problem for me. I just wouldn't want to try to put a OS on the thing and boot from it. Any one else have different thoughts? See a problem that is a trend, in a bad way? Given two different drives has the same slow connect time, maybe it is normal. By the way, I have data on the first 20TB drive and it has worked fine so far. I've had to reboot a couple times and by the time the system comes up, I login, KDE comes up and I get to a Konsole to unlock the encrypted drives, they are ready. I'd guess it takes at least three minutes from power up until I unlock the drives. This is likely shorter if I put one of these drives on the NAS box, no GUI on it. Still, I give it plenty of time to come up before even ssh'ing into the box much less unlocking it. Dale :-) :-)