Hey - -- -- - - -- One of the wonderful little surprises that greeted me coming home from vacation was that my server raid software is reporting a pending failure.
Specifically: - the Box is W2K server, fully SP'ed - the utility reporting it is Promise Technology "FactCheck" monitoring utility - the disks are Maxtor 120 gb, IDE's (4g120j6) - the RAID controller is "MBFastTrak 133 Lite (5275)" - the utility says that one of them is "critical; failure predicted" - when I boot the machine, it tells me to power down and replace the disk. I am perusing the manufacturer's web site as we "speak," but in the meanwhile: people who are better at the hardware end than me: Questions: - Do I have to replace it with exactly the same model? A quick search finds few new ones, mostly refurbs as i would expect with a 3-4 year old drive. - Better to start over with 2 new drives? - Other/better questions I should be asking, but don't know enough to do? Thanks Ken _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
