Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:57:02 +0100 From: Feargal Reilly <feargal@fbi.ie> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A little story of failed raid5 (3ware 8000 series) Message-ID: <20070824095702.6fe7ee3c@mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie> In-Reply-To: <02fe01c7e3af$d3b86ed0$0c00a8c0@Artem> References: <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKCENEGEAC.davids@webmaster.com> <02fe01c7e3af$d3b86ed0$0c00a8c0@Artem>
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:57:22 +0400 "Artem Kuchin" <matrix@itlegion.ru> wrote: > Um.. it is because i did not have a map of hot swap baskets to > conroller ports and i needed to check every driver basket to > understand which port it sits on. I have no choise, i think. > I'm just going to highlight the importance of knowing which physical disk is which on your system. About a year ago I had to replace a hot-swappable disk from an array, but then realised I had no idea which physical disk it was as the map of the disks was rather helpfully *inside* the case. Due to the physical setup, I had no way or removing the cover without first powering down the server - which defeated the whole point of paying extra for hot-swap disks. So yeah, be sure to label your disk bays, but be sure to put those labels somewhere *useful*. -fr. -- Feargal Reilly, Chief Techie, FBI. PGP Key: 0xBD252C01 (expires: 2006-11-30) Web: http://www.fbi.ie/ | Tel: +353.14988588 | Fax: +353.14988489 Communications House, 11 Sallymount Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6.
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