Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:13:40 +0200 From: "Elias Hartvigson" <elias.hartvigson@gmail.com> To: "Scott Long" <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: Feargal Reilly <feargal@fbi.ie>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A little story of failed raid5 (3ware 8000 series) Message-ID: <aa2e65c40708241213y13b61a6ep4dc2c600e7df18c0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46CF1789.4060105@samsco.org> References: <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKCENEGEAC.davids@webmaster.com> <02fe01c7e3af$d3b86ed0$0c00a8c0@Artem> <20070824095702.6fe7ee3c@mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie> <46CF1789.4060105@samsco.org>
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=C4r precis nyinflyttad i G=F6teborg, s=E5 jag vet inte riktigt var Linn=E9= staden ligger, sj=E4lv bor jag vid guldheden ett stenkast fr=E5n wavrinsky platsen= . F=F6rmiddagen passar mig b=E4st ocks=E5 d=E5 jag =E4r upptagen p=E5 em :) On 8/24/07, Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> wrote: > > Feargal Reilly wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:57:22 +0400 > > "Artem Kuchin" <matrix@itlegion.ru> wrote: > > > >> Um.. it is because i did not have a map of hot swap baskets to > >> conroller ports and i needed to check every driver basket to > >> understand which port it sits on. I have no choise, i think. > >> > > > > I'm just going to highlight the importance of knowing which > > physical disk is which on your system. > > > > About a year ago I had to replace a hot-swappable disk from an > > array, but then realised I had no idea which physical disk it > > was as the map of the disks was rather helpfully *inside* the > > case. Due to the physical setup, I had no way or removing the > > cover without first powering down the server - which defeated > > the whole point of paying extra for hot-swap disks. > > > > So yeah, be sure to label your disk bays, but be sure to put > > those labels somewhere *useful*. > > > > -fr. > > > > Most controllers have a function to "blink LED" so you can discover > the mapping. Just about every management app that I know of does (yes, > they do exist for FreeBSD from many vendors!), and many also have the > feature in their BIOS. > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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