From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 7 12:59:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD4E837B401 for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 12:59:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server.simon1.net (user23.net263.oh.sprint-hsd.net [208.17.71.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD9CF43FBF for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 12:59:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from simon1@server.simon1.net) Received: from server.simon1.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.simon1.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h47JxEqc092231; Wed, 7 May 2003 15:59:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (simon1@localhost)h47JxE5G092228; Wed, 7 May 2003 15:59:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 15:59:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Simon1 To: Bruce Campbell In-Reply-To: <1052336835.3eb962c3b9645@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca> Message-ID: <20030507155159.C91596-100000@server.simon1.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a few WD1200JB drives going offline X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 19:59:18 -0000 I've had that happen a number of times. Drives: WD600BB-00CFC0 Controller: HighPoint HPT370 ATA100 controller Configuration: Mirrored Happened twice within a weeks time. Stopped for about 4 months, and now it's happened twice within the past 4 days. I noticed it's been a little warmer lately, in the room, but the temperature inside the case hasn't been that extreme. I get a timeout error, a message about resetting the buss (or similar), the drive light stays on and that's it until I power-cycle the system. I've got 8 systems like this in use, and the only one to act up is the one with the WD's in them (The other 7 use Seagate's). Unless they're very temperature sensitive (or a controller is) I'm not sure exactly what would be causing this. When I ran the diagnostics a few months back they came up clean. -Michael Wolfe On Wed, 7 May 2003, Bruce Campbell wrote: > > I have about 20 FreeBSD systems with Western Digital ATA disks, > some 3ware RAID, and some not, different motherboards, etc. > All use a low cost removeable ATA drive tray. > > About 1 month ago I got in 4 Western Digital WD1200JB disks, and > put 3 into service. All 3 have gone offline during operations > within the last 3 weeks. They just kind of vanish, controller > gives a timeout error, drive light stays on, system dies, > soft reboot fixes it. 2 were on a 3ware controller, and > went offline 12 days apart. 1 was on the plain onboard ATA controller. > > Our supplier has not noticed an unusual return rate on these drives. > > None of our crop of WD400BB, WD2000BB have drives have done this. > > Any ideas ? I have not yet run WD's disk diagnostic. > > -- > Bruce Campbell > Engineering Computing > CPH-2374B > University of Waterloo > (519)888-4567 ext 5889 > > ---------------------------------------- > This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >