From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 28 17:05:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5DA110656BE for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:05:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-scsi@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 221E08FC23 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:05:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-scsi@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KYk1c-0001ur-O6 for freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:07:08 +0000 Received: from 78-0-86-69.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([78.0.86.69]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:07:08 +0000 Received: from ivoras by 78-0-86-69.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:07:08 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:06:58 +0200 Lines: 58 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig58398C1E7634D6CEFF1119BB" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 78-0-86-69.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Sender: news Subject: Re: Urgent: older server disk failed, need mirror replacement X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:05:03 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig58398C1E7634D6CEFF1119BB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable up@3.am wrote: >=20 > Hi: >=20 > Sorry for the hectic nature of this, but I just got a kernel > notification (and confirmed using aaccli's disk list) that one of my > RAID level 1 disks on one of my servers has died. The problem is, I'm= > not entirely sure exactly what replacement I should be ordering. Is > there a command line utility that gives you the manufacturer's info > (model no, part no) of the disk itself? I looked at some of the disk > utilities in ports/systutilities and I'm not seeing anything. Here is > what I think I know: >=20 > IMB/Hitachi 72GB or 73GB 10k or 15k RPM U320 SCSI I think you should use arcconf (from ports) to find out your drive models and then look them up in Google or IBM's support pages. See this for example: http://www.clarkconnect.com/forums/showthreaded.php?Number=3D104029 > I built this server 3 or 4 years ago...the RAID adapter is a low profil= e > Adaptec U320 RAID using the aac driver. Are the newer, SAS drives > downward compatible with U320 adapters? =20 No, SCSI and SAS connectors are not compatible. You can still buy SCSI drives. > Is it ok to mix and match, as > long as the drives are close in storage capacity? What about mix and > matching 10k and 15k rpm? As long as your new drive is larger or faster than the old one, it should be fine. --------------enig58398C1E7634D6CEFF1119BB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAki2zSIACgkQldnAQVacBchXrgCgsULzAhkYkhcj2Jx6t3C/2h1b 1PMAnilNLubgsShK4W8NugE03PShW7Hh =wYEl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig58398C1E7634D6CEFF1119BB--