> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 11:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Whadda ya do with a failing drive? > > Jim, you answered your own question. Ditch those failing drives and buy > new stuff. The money is nothing compared to the hassle of data recovery.
And you didn't read. Neener neener neener. ;^) I've ALREADY replaced the drives - done and done. No data loss, RAID and SMART and array recovery worked PERFECTLY in both cases. Now I just have them sitting on the shelf and I hate the idea of throwing them away outright. If somebody can use them for something (remember: they still work, but SMART reports that they look like they maybe might fail) or has any interesting ideas I'm open. Lacking that I may rip them apart and attempt some three-dimensional art...disk platters embedded in polished wood sounds neat. > As far as RAID goes, I'll take Linux software RAID over mobo-based fake > RAID > any day. I setup a file server last year on Linux and all the guys on > the I'm actually using an Infrant ReadyNAS - RADIator OS (Linux on a chip). Very nice, SFF NAS appliance. One drive was from that box, then other was from my workstation (that's RAID on the Mobo, but there's little choice there). It's just coincidence (I hope!) that both drives failed near each other... the ReadyNas has been up and running essentially constantly for almost four years - it's a home media server. The workstation disk was just over two years old - I do feel like I should have gotten more life out of that one. Both worked exactly as they should - as they failed (how's that for faint praise!) ;^) I got SMART error reports before any actual failures, replaced the disks and after an automated rebuild everything works fine. I've got absolutely no complaints about either the ReadyNAS or the Mobo in this case. I was just looking for ideas for the old drives. ;^) 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:251495 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
