> Heh... well I've already enabled flags 0xb0ff, which has improved things
> somewhat, but our hardware vendor slipped in some IBM DeskStar drives on
> us, and they've been no end of trouble.
Note that IBM Deskstar drives are very good performers for desktop use
(and highly respected), but they are not meant for heavy duty server use.
They are *known* to spin down once every 24 hours or so for some kind of
head cleaning, and this could certainly be a problem for 24x7 service.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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