From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 14:41:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 393461065671 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:41:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC3608FC1B for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:41:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id p76so2017458pyb.10 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:41:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hcBZN82Xua4W2GNlKfKHPgJGXlu2cpTJfGbA+VdErlI=; b=T8mj9EZI240KEtrgOQ5uuqaidtpKkcaqDz+0o8tDnxVob2rvFbJsRi6WwiukxxjeuS 7GWG48IYo2XT0V6M5T3u8EOWdb+dYJQaPvCMmZxE/SpSF40f77QiJ8E/skGz35QDxPE5 cKJGacx3GoAq4olysnWHgwVuRrJ859n0zvBug= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=d7z/Akj4ZQbwfcS0mJlfYEQFfwUyOZ8QLE1KXylHqRPGDpsE0Z8GPm1rG8AG7eyTVW 6+9/WFbpvSANgcm+kcWfbAP/FWGhCm8VXOiJ2/n/N1rp6SJQ6m9KKYzFR7hXKDo7HMeO joRCKovmeo3r3vrhbCumKH3Co9iC+XanWTF1I= Received: by 10.141.5.17 with SMTP id h17mr3770798rvi.8.1213627276274; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:41:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org ( [85.73.137.180]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v76sm122422rnb.5.2008.06.16.07.41.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:41:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48567B84.4020307@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:41:08 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080607) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: z.szalbot@lc-words.com References: <48565E7A.50807@lc-words.com> <20080616085534.ca7524f8.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <48567664.2070005@lc-words.com> In-Reply-To: <48567664.2070005@lc-words.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Bill Moran , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID 1 / disk error / Offline uncorrectable sectors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:41:18 -0000 Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Dear all, > > Bill Moran: > >>> My understanding is that RAID 1 no longer works because of this >>> error. There is a bad sector on HD (Offline uncorrectable sectors) >>> and the best we can do is replace the drive? Does it make sense to >>> try to turn RAID 1 on ignoring this error (however, this is done in >>> BIOS so the machine would have to be taken down in order to do >>> that)? It seems serious enough for me not to ignore it but then I >>> know close to nothing about HDs. >> >> Replace the hard drive. Every modern hard drive keeps extra space >> available to "remap" bad sectors. This happens magically behind the >> scenes without you ever knowing about it. Once you've hit >> "uncorrectable" errors, it means your re-mappable sectors are used >> up, and that means the drive is on its last legs. > > > Thank you Bill. One last question. RAID 1 is off now (degraded) and > the hosting company is asking if I can try to bring it up (to check if > it will work). They have given me this link > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/raid.html. The problem is > that as far as I understand we are not using gmirror but RAID 1 turned > on in BIOS (although it is also software-based). > > Thank you very much in advance! > > Zbigniew Szalbot > www.lc-words.com > Hey Zbigniew ;) I understand you are using the ataraid (ar) driver. I always use gmirror, but it seems they pointed you to the right place in the handbook. Look at section 18.4.3 - you would probably need to do something like: # atacontrol list From the list, get the ATA channel for /dev/ad12 which is the faulty one, e.g. ata2 Detach and re-attach (maybe this will reset the state of the drive) atacontrol detach ata2 atacontrol attach ata2 atacontrol addspare ar0 ad12 atacontrol rebuild ar0 I've done more or less the same with gmirror when I had similar messages a few months back. It may work for a few hours/days but it will fail again. Have it replaced ASAP. Manolis