From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 02:36:50 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 4B4691065691 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:36:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.coleman@cwis.biz) Received: from foxx.skiltech.com (foxx.skiltech.com [209.41.180.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 303088FC26 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:36:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.coleman@cwis.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost.69599 [127.0.0.1]) by foxx.skiltech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66DCF8FCB9; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:36:49 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at foxx.skiltech.com Received: from foxx.skiltech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (foxx.skiltech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OFKMDc1c+chG; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:36:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: by foxx.skiltech.com (Postfix, from userid 80) id EF23F8FC9E; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:36:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 71.63.150.244 (SquirrelMail authenticated user cwis0001) by www.pictureprints.net with HTTP; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:36:36 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <2991.71.63.150.244.1213842996.squirrel@www.pictureprints.net> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:36:36 -0500 (CDT) From: "Ryan Coleman" To: "Steve Bertrand" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: ryan.coleman@cwis.biz, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Fixing" a RAID X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ryan.coleman@cwis.biz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:36:50 -0000 > Ryan Coleman wrote: >>> Ryan Coleman wrote: >>>>> Ryan Coleman wrote: >>> Oh, I completely forgot to ask... >>> >>> Does the RAID still operate even though one disk is bad? >>> >>> After all, that is the purpose of RAID-5. stripe, with parity. One >>> fails, the other two (or N) keep right on going... >>> >>> Or, is it a RAID-5 card that you put into operation as a RAID-0 span? >>> >>> If the latter is the case, good luck ;) >> >> No, I'm not that stupid. :) My old job, we had the big LaCie drives and >> one of the 4 250Gs in it would fail and they were f*ed. I went to >> replace >> the drive right away so I wouldn't be in that situation. >> >> When I went to rebuild in the BIOS it failed at 2%, no matter what 250G >> drive I put in to fill the spot. > > Hrm... I didn't implicitly attempt to call you stupid. I was asking a > question, and laying out info for others that may not know as they > follow the thread... > > Besides...if you are seriously considering a 7TB storage facility, then > you already know that building a proper RAID solution should include > controllers that are hot-swappable, and will rebuild the array either as > soon as you pop a new drive in, or with a hot-spare, without having to > reboot and waste three hours rebuilding via a BIOS software. > I didn't mean to make it seem like you did, I just wanted to say I'm no fool :) I can rebuild with HighPoint's web interface when necc. and I hope to be able to upgrade the controller from the 8-port I have to a 12-port in the next year this putting a spare in the case. I have two extra drives still in their bags in case something does happen, I don't have to wait days to get a replacement drive in. I'm sorry I implied that you called me stupid. Just been a struggle with this one machine for the last few weeks.