I just attended a packed meeting about database I/O, and the guy mentioned that SATA RAID is notorious for not meeting spec and other problems. He recommended sticking with SCSI, for what it's worth.
I'll never use them again. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 9:06 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Whadda ya do with a failing drive? > > Over the past coupla months I've had to replace two drives from RAID > arrays > - the drives didn't actually fail but had "accumulating SMART errors". > They're 400 Gig SATA drives. > > Anybody have any use for them or suggestions? SMART does not mean > "dead" > but rather "just possibly going to die, probably - maybe." > > Since they technically still work I'm loath to toss them... but I also > don't > want to trust my data to them. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251492 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
