Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 23:15:40 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> To: "Jeff Sapp" <jasapp@pelennor.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: rebuilding a compaq smart array Message-ID: <004601c105c9$ef9884c0$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <20010705220110.A29418@pelennor.net>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Sapp [mailto:jasapp@pelennor.net] > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 11:01 PM > To: Andrew C. Hornback > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: rebuilding a compaq smart array > > > > That should have come with your machine. If not, call your > salesperson > > and have them send you what they left out of the box (I've had > this happen > > before on machines that I've gotten from a Compaq reseller). > > Sorry for my ignorance, but what is "That"? I did recieve all the compaq > software (as far as I know anyway). And I did use the software to setup > up the two hard drives for RAID 1. My problem is the array not rebuilding > itself while I'm running FreeBSD once I plug in a new drive. I have to > use one of the compaq utitlies. Sorry about that, I was thinking faster than I was typing... hate it when that happens. There should be software that allows you to set up the array, as you've done. Check while you're in that software for settings as far as automatic rebuild. My ProLiant 1500's RAID Controller's software has this option. > One of my co-workers spent about three hours on the phone with compaq > today trying to get it worked out, but no luck. They really want me to > install Windows NT on it for some reason. From personal experience, Compaq really doesn't know what to do with anything aside from one of their OS products or a Microsoft OS. If you're serious about running FreeBSD on that box, you've come to the right place. *grins* > > Rebuilding it from FreeBSD? Not that I know of. The > controller should > > perform an automatic rebuild once a replacement drive is > inserted into the > > array. Might want to check the settings on the controller > configuration to > > see if this option has been disabled by accident. > > Does it rebuild the replacement drive while the operating system is > running? That's where I'm running into trouble. It does. I'm running a RAID 5 setup with 3 drives. Strangest thing I'd ever seen the first time I saw it... server is sitting there running, just reach in and pull out a drive and put it back in and watch it rebuild. Later on, the Consulting firm that I worked for used this machine to show clients how RAID benefits their server design. Very effective tool, too. Machine paid for itself by doing those demonstrations alone. *grins* Seems that small business owners love the idea of being able to have a drive die and still be able to get work done, as opposed to being down, waiting for a tech, then waiting for parts, etc. Less hassle to replace a dead drive than it is to have to rebuild an entire server from tape. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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