Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:34:35 +0100 From: "Clayton Milos" <clay@milos.co.za> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A little story of failed raid5 (3ware 8000 series) Message-ID: <00f001c7e631$fcfc2f00$0701a8c0@claylaptop>
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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. > Useful like on the front of the drive bays ;-) The Areca cards have a nice function called drive identify that lights up the selected drive's LED. I think the 3ware cards have it too. -Clay
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