From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 09:34:49 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 2DD9016A418 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:34:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from clay@milos.co.za) Received: from bart.milos.co.za (bart.milos.co.za [196.38.18.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0AE713C45A for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:34:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from clay@milos.co.za) Received: (qmail 55765 invoked by uid 89); 24 Aug 2007 09:36:00 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.2.0 ppid: 55753, pid: 55757, t: 2.0866s scanners: attach: 1.2.0 clamav: 0.88.7/m:43/d:3604 Received: from unknown (HELO claylaptop) (clay@milos.za.net@84.203.141.221) by bart.milos.co.za with ESMTPA; 24 Aug 2007 09:35:58 -0000 Message-ID: <00f001c7e631$fcfc2f00$0701a8c0@claylaptop> From: "Clayton Milos" To: Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:34:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 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 09:34:49 -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. > 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