Faulty backplane. Had it happen a couple of times on 2650 and the older 4400/4300. Nothing to do but replace or migrate if you don't have a contract.
-Anders On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have an older Dell 2600 server with a PERC 4/Di. There are six drives in > a RAID 5 configuration. The PERC reports one of the drives has failed. > I've replaced the drive, rebuilt the array, then it fails again. Did it > again, same thing. It seems to be more of a drive bay issue, as I can take > those "failed" drives and use them elsewhere without issue. > > Normally I'd just decommission the server, as it's pretty old, but this > server runs our directory synchronization product, which I only need for a > few more months, and is a real pain to install/configure/patch, so I'd like > to keep it going. > > Anyone ever seen anything like this? I see no option to tell the > controller to ignore the drive and be done with it. > > > > > Tom Miller > Engineer, Information Technology > Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board > 757-788-0528 > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
