From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 25 08:18:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE7D016A406 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:18:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9895613C45B for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:18:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l3P8II2t020554; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:18:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Justin Sullivan" , Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:19:26 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <50896.203.206.238.241.1175908570.squirrel@webmail.dialix.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:18:19 -0700 (PDT) Cc: Subject: RE: atacontrol rebuild on non-identical disks X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:18:21 -0000 I didn't see a response and this is an old one, you probably fixed it by now. You will need to dd the old disk to a new one then get an identical to the new one and raid them. Of course if the new one is larger you will still have the existing smaller partition table. If it was me I would build a new server and ship it UPS ground out there. Your existing disk is probably about ready to fail too, and both disks probably died due to overheating caused by one or more fan failures, and if your power supply fan gets choked with dust, it's a goner then the supply will burn up. I would guess the inside of that server is pretty filthy about now. Ted -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Justin Sullivan Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 6:16 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: atacontrol rebuild on non-identical disks We have a (very) remote FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE system running on Asus RS120 hardware and historically configured with 2 identical SATA drives using atacontrol RAID1 and the system installed on ar0. One of the drives has died, however no identical replacement drive could be easily sourced at the remote location. So, attempting to get things back to normal RAID1 operation as quickly as possible we have tried a same size but non-identical drive and attempted an atacontrol rebuild. However, this is stuck indefinitely at 0% rebuild progess. While I'm aware that some RAID1 mechanisms e.g. CCD seem to insist on identical disks, the documentation isn't so clear on ATA and I figured it was worth a try. Does anyone know if it is possible to overcome the non-identical disk issue and allow ata RAID1 to work again? I've also considered keeping the current ar0 setup on the single working disk and setting up a gmirror RAID1 copy on the second disk would work. Current config info is as follows: >From atacontrol list: ATA channel 2: Master: ad4 Serial ATA v1.0 ATA channel 3: Master: ad6 Serial ATA v1.0 >From the permanently going nowhere rebuild output of atacontrol status: ar0: ATA RAID1 subdisks: ad4 ad6 status: REBUILDING 0% completed The WDC WD2000JD on ad4 is the functional system drive and orignial member of the RAID1 array. ad6 is the new "spare" and presumably is completely blank still at this stage. I realise that sourcing an identical drive is probably the right (or at least easy) answer. The original drives (WDC WD2000JD on ad4) are still available for purchase, just not anywhere near where the machine lives - so getting a replacement drive would be a logistically difficult and time-consuming exercise. Thanks, JS _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"