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Date:      Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:39:04 +1100
From:      "Adrian @ Connexus" <adrianl@connexus.net.au>
To:        Karl Pielorz <karl.pielorz@getonline.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Best IDE RAID5 solution for FreeBSD 5.2 ?
Message-ID:  <6.0.1.1.0.20040309193615.01ee6cd8@mail.connexus.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <61569656.1078821303@raptor>
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>At the risk of adding yet another "Quick Question" - if it's the same 
>channel that degrades - have you tried switching the channels over [Yes, I 
>know this requires someone on site to open/fiddle with the machine - and 
>switching the IDE cables over]?

Yeah I tried that too...  Basically no matter what the configuration
of drives and ports I use,  once it's degraded, I cannot rebuild the
broken drive back in.

>And, what's the state of the degraded drives afterwards - i.e. are they 
>really broken? [After having been tested/thrashed in a separate box to 
>verify it's condition?]

No, the drive isn't broken  - we've used the drives afterwards with
no problems and have run sector scans on them..

Thanks Karl,
Adrian. 



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