# Download Failed: Database is Locked, Node Suspended

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/download-failed-database-is-locked-node-suspended/6548>\
**Category:** troubleshooting\
**Tags:** zfs, database\
**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/download-failed-database-is-locked-node-suspended/6548 "2020-05-07T14:11:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Windows7ge](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/windows7ge/32/1128_2.png) [@Windows7ge](https://forum.storj.io/u/Windows7ge)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/download-failed-database-is-locked-node-suspended/6548/1 "2020-05-07T14:11:45Z")

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I’ve suddenly received a large cluster of errors as follows (I’ve only included one because they’re all identical besides which Satellite they are connected to):

```
2020-05-07T00:36:54.385Z	ERROR	piecestore	download failed	{"Piece ID": "DDQD4RKEKWXECLEILXDAONQVCDSIPURHKXJYM3QYYAWILZGIEQZQ", "Satellite ID": "12rfG3sh9NCWiX3ivPjq2HtdLmbqCrvHVEzJubnzFzosMuawymB", "Action": "GET_AUDIT", "error": "usedserialsdb error: database is locked", "errorVerbose": "usedserialsdb error: database is locked\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/storagenodedb.(*usedSerialsDB).Add:35\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(*Endpoint).verifyOrderLimit:76\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(*Endpoint).doDownload:523\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(*drpcEndpoint).Download:471\n\tstorj.io/common/pb.DRPCPiecestoreDescription.Method.func2:995\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcmux.(*Mux).HandleRPC:107\n\tstorj.io/common/rpc/rpctracing.(*Handler).HandleRPC:66\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcserver.(*Server).handleRPC:111\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcserver.(*Server).ServeOne:62\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcserver.(*Server).Serve.func2:99\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcctx.(*Tracker).track:51"}

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Everything looked fine up until the 1.3.3 update but reading into the forum a bit I see that without my knowledge my node may have been having issues for weeks and wasn’t showing me signs I could recognize until Storj initiated the Suspension Mode feature.

I can’t understand this error log and a quick forum search I’m not seeing people with a identical log. Admittedly I’m probably not searching hard enough but I’m very tight on time at the moment. This could not have come on a worse day.

If anyone can offer insight as to solve this. I’m also hoping if the node stays suspended for a couple days until I can get around to addressing it that it doesn’t automatically become dropped permanently.

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**Author:** ![nerdatwork](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/nerdatwork/32/1135_2.png) [@nerdatwork](https://forum.storj.io/u/nerdatwork)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/download-failed-database-is-locked-node-suspended/6548/2 "2020-05-07T14:22:24Z")

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How is your HDD connected ?

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**Author:** ![Windows7ge](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/windows7ge/32/1128_2.png) [@Windows7ge](https://forum.storj.io/u/Windows7ge)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/download-failed-database-is-locked-node-suspended/6548/3 "2020-05-07T14:39:23Z")

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It’s a raidz1 array of 5 drives connected to a VM over a passed-through LSI 9207-8i SAS/SATA HBA.

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**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/download-failed-database-is-locked-node-suspended/6548/4 "2020-05-09T10:44:40Z")

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