The failed redundancy message almost certainly refers to a failed software mirror.
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:01 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote: > FWIW, this is NOT a RAID drive. It was originally, but then the system > crashed and we barely got the data back from one of the two drives and had > to reload the data from the emergency "mirror." > > > > Thanks, > John Aldrich > IT Manager, > Blueridge Carpet > 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 12:59 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: SCSI non-destructive disk testing > > No, nothing really in the log files…. The only thing in the system log that > gave me pause is this: dmboot: Volume Volume1 (C:) started in failed > redundancy mode. Not sure what that means…. I’ve rebuilt this server from > scratch once, but I’d rather not do it again. > > > Thanks, > John Aldrich > IT Manager, > Blueridge Carpet > 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 > > > > > > From: Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 12:52 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: SCSI non-destructive disk testing > > Typically there are all kinds of nasty things in the system log if a drive > is failing. Anything there? > > I have used Hard Disk Sentinel to gain some visibility into drive issues in > the past. YMMV. > > http://www.hdsentinel.com/ > > Good luck (and prepare now for disaster), > RS > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:42 PM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> > wrote: > I get an error trying to run Seatools to test my SCSI drive, even after > installing .Net 2.0 and all the updates. Anyone got any suggestions for > error checking software to see if the drive is having issues? O/S is Win2k > Server. > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
