# Node keeps crashing **URL:** \ **Category:** troubleshooting\ **Tags:** windows-gui, hardware\ **Created:** [August 5, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/node-keeps-crashing/23432 "2023-08-05T14:19:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stor-toq](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/stor-toq/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@stor-toq](https://forum.storj.io/u/stor-toq)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/node-keeps-crashing/23432/1 "2023-08-05T14:19:33Z")
My Windows 10, 1.84.1 node keep silently crashing every couple of hours with this error 2023-08-04T11:37:51-04:00 ERROR piecestore upload failed {“process”: “storagenode”, “Piece ID”: “C6ZSWY46ZD5WDA3456WKKS2BTOK7ANYGAXMO7MVAAUITAH6WDJBQ”, “Satellite ID”: “12EayRS2V1kEsWESU9QMRseFhdxYxKicsiFmxrsLZHeLUtdps3S”, “Action”: “PUT”, “error”: “context canceled”, “errorVerbose”: “context canceled\n\tstorj.io/common/rpc/rpcstatus.Wrap:75\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(\*Endpoint).Upload.func6:500\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(\*Endpoint).Upload:506\n\tstorj.io/common/pb.DRPCPiecestoreDescription.Method.func1:243\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcmux.(\*Mux).HandleRPC:33\n\tstorj.io/common/rpc/rpctracing.(\*Handler).HandleRPC:61\n\tstorj.io/common/experiment.(\*Handler).HandleRPC:42\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcserver.(\*Server).handleRPC:124\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcserver.(\*Server).ServeOne:66\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcserver.(\*Server).Serve.func2:114\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcctx.(\*Tracker).track:35”, “Size”: 12800, “Remote Address”: “5.161.128.79:20960”} 2023-08-04T11:37:51-04:00 FATAL Unrecoverable error {“process”: “storagenode”, “error”: “piecestore monitor: timed out after 1m0s while verifying writability of storage directory”, “errorVerbose”: “piecestore monitor: timed out after 1m0s while verifying writability of storage directory\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/monitor.(\*Service).Run.func2.1:169\n\tstorj.io/common/sync2.(\*Cycle).Run:160\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/monitor.(\*Service).Run.func2:161\n\tgolang.org/x/sync/errgroup.(\*Group).Go.func1:75”} 2023-08-04T12:23:40-04:00 INFO Configuration loaded {“process”: “storagenode”, “Location”: “C:\Users\cthomas\AppData\Roaming\Storj\Storagenode\config.yaml”} SMART and windows diags reports the disks are good. suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Stob](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/stob/32/1137_2.png) [@Stob](https://forum.storj.io/u/Stob)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/node-keeps-crashing/23432/2 "2023-08-05T19:41:20Z")
This almost always points to a drive issue… > [@V1.80.10 Node is restarting daily](https://forum.storj.io/t/v1-80-10-node-is-restarting-daily/23006): > > I am running two nodes. One on version 1.79.4, and one on V 1.80.10. Both have been running without issue for months. Both nodes use iSCSI on a dedicated network to a trunas server. The node running 1.80.10 is now stopping once a day. I’ve checked the Trunas server, and there are no issues reported. All disks show healthy. Nothing in the logs to indicate an issue. Everything is on a ups. This only started with the recent update to V1.80.10. Is anyone else having this issue? Again, it onl… > [@Piecestore monitor: timed out after 1m0s while verifying writability of storage directory](https://forum.storj.io/t/piecestore-monitor-timed-out-after-1m0s-while-verifying-writability-of-storage-directory/22933): > > On some moment i started to get this messages and node gone OFF after them. I looked ridicules, because it worked ok, no other problems with node. There was no penalties from audit score, only online score gone little down because it was off time to time. Only when I decided to change HDD, When i started copy files, I realized that file copy working wrong. HDD 100% active put no files moving for long time, only time to time files moving normally in 4 days I copied around 200GB only. during t… Recommend running a full chkdsk on the Storj data drive, with the node stopped. * * * You could try moving the databases to a different drive if it’s just the disk being slow. > [@Move databases on Windows storagenode](https://forum.storj.io/t/move-databases-on-windows-storagenode/9552/2): > > Yes, you can. Stop the storagenode Move databases to a new place (C:\storagenode\cache\ for example) Add a new path to databases to the storage2.database-dir: option: storage2.database-dir: C:\storagenode\cache\ Save the config Start the storagenode Check that you do not have a new databases in a old place and the dashboard shows a correct numbers. However, keep in mind - you will introduce a new point of failure. ---
**Author:** ![daki82](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/daki82/32/1128_2.png) [@daki82](https://forum.storj.io/u/daki82)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/node-keeps-crashing/23432/3 "2023-08-05T19:54:43Z")
> [@Fatal Error on my Node](https://forum.storj.io/t/fatal-error-on-my-node/22052/1): > > Hello Everyone, a week ago i got several errors on my main node. Maybe someone can help me to solve the problem. The Node runs on Windows 10. Thanks for your Help. 2023-03-27T05:11:25.897+0200 INFO piecestore download started {Piece ID: 7WMQ364BMF672RLAQWDD76IQ6EORNXMYXIL5PGN46I4VUT4P4JXA, Satellite ID: 12L9ZFwhzVpuEKMUNUqkaTLGzwY9G24tbiigLiXpmZWKwmcNDDs, Action: GET, Offset: 110336, Size: 469504, Remote Address: 184.104.224.98:48702} 2023-03-27T05:11:25.916+0200 ERROR services unexp… some info about the hardware / node? in short, defrag with ultradefrag and increase the timeouts via config.yaml