Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:38:54 +0200 From: Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: benefit of GEOM labels for ZFS, was Hard drive device names... serial numbers Message-ID: <513479BE.1060109@digsys.bg> In-Reply-To: <5134693B.30408@brockmann-consult.de> References: <512FE773.3060903@physics.umn.edu> <5134693B.30408@brockmann-consult.de>
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What you do when the disk is dead, and you don't know which one it is in a rather big rack full of disks? Perhaps, you offline each and every disk in the system until you eliminate all but one? :) Hint: all disks die sooner or later. Dnaiel On 04.03.13 11:28, Peter Maloney wrote: > I just use zfs offline, then dd to read the disk, and pull the one that > blinks. :) zfs offline means the disk won't blink ever without me > causing it, so there's no confusion. > > I would only use a labelling system if I could easily label the disks on > the front too, but I don't have small enough labels... the disks have > too much vent space, so I assume the labels would just fall off, block > airflow, and be a hassle. And the servers are local, so dd isn't a problem. > >
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