On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, at 1:39pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Maybe you should look into getting a better RAID controller. Her theory > is right.
I'll second that. There seem to be a large number of really sh*tty IDE/ATA "RAID controllers" on the market these days. We had one customer who (against our objections) bought a "server" from "this guy I know". Along with other stupidities, it included a "RAID controller" from some outfit using the name of "StarTech". No management software, just a pre-boot BIOS interface with a four-function menu. Well, last week the server abruptly crashed for no apparent reason. Upon reboot, the controller said reported one of the disks as failed, but refused to tell us which one, or re-mirror with a new drive. Then it trashed part of the filesystem. We spent three days doing recovery -- oh, did I mention they weren't doing backups, either? BTW, that "RAID controller" is now severely fragmented. I wonder if DEFRAG can fix it? ;-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
