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Have you tested the Hard disk controller yet? or run the disks up on another mc? My last server went like this with two very different disks in recovered with knoppix and Gparted. On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 10:54 +0000, tom wrote: > Gordon Henderson wrote: > > > > Had a server creak and groan overnight with disk failures of both > > drives (mirrored) I'd like to say something like: "What's the chances > > of that happening", unfortunately, it's not the first time as I had a > > server some 3 years back which lost 3 out of it's 6 drives in an > > 18-hour period. > > > > All 5 drives are/were WDC drives too. > > > > Oh well - looks like this one will limp along until I can replace them > > in a few days time. (well - badblocks scans of the partitions that are > > live was OK) > > > > It's only 8 months old too. Ho hum! > > > > Anyone got any recomendations for good reliable SATA disks in the > > 500-700GB size range? > > > > Gordon > > > I hope they're still under guarantee. > I'd recommend some investigation as to what went wrong - do you do > thermal/voltage monitoring. > Worth configuring as much as you can otherwise it might happen again. > Having said that these gell electrolyte capacitors everyone is using > these days seem to last guarantee period plus a couple of weeks. > Tom te tom te tom > > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved repressed(possibly!Definitely!) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html