From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 08:57:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AEE616A417 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:57:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feargal@fbi.ie) Received: from mail14.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (mail14.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.118.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C86A13C465 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:57:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feargal@fbi.ie) Received: (qmail 97733 messnum 5479374 invoked from network[82.141.233.46/unknown]); 24 Aug 2007 08:57:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO alatar.edhellond.fbi.ie) (82.141.233.46) by mail14.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (qp 97733) with SMTP; 24 Aug 2007 08:57:07 -0000 Received: from mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie (mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie [192.168.0.14]) by alatar.edhellond.fbi.ie (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l7O8v2n1096650 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:57:07 GMT (envelope-from feargal@fbi.ie) Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:57:02 +0100 From: Feargal Reilly To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070824095702.6fe7ee3c@mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie> In-Reply-To: <02fe01c7e3af$d3b86ed0$0c00a8c0@Artem> References: <02fe01c7e3af$d3b86ed0$0c00a8c0@Artem> Organization: FBI X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: A little story of failed raid5 (3ware 8000 series) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:57:09 -0000 On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:57:22 +0400 "Artem Kuchin" 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.