From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 21 22:19:38 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 5779C1065670 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:19:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerome@code-monkey.nl) Received: from viefep20-int.chello.at (viefep20-int.chello.at [62.179.121.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 951588FC08 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:19:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerome@code-monkey.nl) Received: from edge05.upc.biz ([192.168.13.212]) by viefep19-int.chello.at (InterMail vM.7.09.01.00 201-2219-108-20080618) with ESMTP id <20081221220220.MPDV29431.viefep19-int.chello.at@edge05.upc.biz> for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:02:20 +0100 Received: from f89199.upc-f.chello.nl ([92.108.20.29]) by edge05.upc.biz with edge id ty2K1a00d0dehbQ05y2L5q; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:02:20 +0100 X-SourceIP: 92.108.20.29 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by f89199.upc-f.chello.nl for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:04:02 +0100 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: jerome Message-ID: <20081221220402.7a3ffc80@f89199.upc-f.chello.nl> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:04:02 +0100 X-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: disk error / reboot / 6.3 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: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:19:38 -0000 =20 =20 Hi, =20 =20 We are running 6.3 on a fileserver with a couple of data disks. =20 =20 Once the server encounters an error on a data disk (os disk is separate)= the server will reset itself without warning. =20 =20 We can usually identify the problem disk with a smartctl, the disk will = show 'Offline uncorrectable errors'. =20 =20 The fact that the server reboots itself, is this normal=3F Can we preven= t this from happening=3F =20 The disks are attached to the on-board sata ports of the mainboard itsel= f, so no (raid)controllers whatsoever. =20 We also do not use software raid. =20 =20 Best regards =20 =20 Jerome