Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 00:19:20 +0200 From: Nils Holland <nils@daemon.tisys.org> To: BSD Freak <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HDD problems on FreeBSD 4.5-R file server Message-ID: <20020501001920.B28348@daemon.tisys.org> In-Reply-To: <3aeebd73aed129.3aed1293aeebd7@mbox.com.au>; from bsd-freak@mbox.com.au on Wed, May 01, 2002 at 07:26:29AM %2B1000 References: <3aeebd73aed129.3aed1293aeebd7@mbox.com.au>
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On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 07:26:29AM +1000, BSD Freak stood up and spoke: > Hi all, > > I keep getting the following messages on the console of one of our main > NFS/SMB file servers when we perform a full backup. Should I be > concerned? (ie is the HDD going to die on me anyday now?) Is there > anything I can do like "mark" bad blocks or do I need to replace the > disk? The messages read as follows: Sometimes it's a good idea to not instantly expect the worst ;-) For example, did you check the cable this HDD is connected to and probably considered replacing it? If the HDD is attached to a port with another drive present, it might be a good idea if running it all by itself on a cable would be helpful. Lat but not least - the most comprehensive results can always be obtained by using a piece of diagnosis software made specifically by the manufacturer of the drive. Western Digital for example has "WD Diag" for free download on their website. Other vendors should provide other utilities. Only if these utilities also report problems, and if the drive also doesn't work standalone on a cable or even in a different machine, would consider it defective. Otherwise, the problem might be elsewhere, which should much cheaper to fix than replacing the whole drive would be. Greetings Nils -- Nils Holland <nils@daemon.tisys.org> Ti Systems - http://www.tisys.org Addicted to computing since 1987 High on FreeBSD since 1996 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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