I agree with Tony. Reseat the drive before you write it off. It's often
times a simple fix. Also check for a bent backplane or dented enclosure.
John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions
> In a previous life we had a similar setup. When the
>system 'stopped' one evening the RC and engineer put the blame on the
>drive. Since we were about to do the backup (24 hour*7 shop) this was
>not a good sign, a reload was not the best solution. In a last ditch
>attempt to avert the reload we took the drives out, re-inserted them and
>restarted, a number of times. Eventually the system booted with all
>drives OK!
> The engineer then took another look at the
>enclosure/drives and decided it was in fact the enclosure back plane. We
>ran for 2 days with another potential failure hanging over us until the
>back plane was replaced. We had no more problems with the drives! I'm
>not saying that drives don't fail, but sometimes it is the easiest thing
>to put the blame on. Inserting a new drive may flex the back plane
>enough to temporarily solve the problem, maybe!
> Tony Cousins
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Harvey
>[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 8:03 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Help! 4.3 gb drives
>failing
>
> Our clients have also experienced failures of
>these 4.3GB drives (Half
> Height in a HASS).
> Also usually early in the cycle - but cartainly
>NO less inconvenient.
>
> In future, it may become policy to install new
>drives in a private
> volume, exercise the #$%@ out of them for a few
>weeks, power cycle them
> a LOT, and then move them tentatively into
>production, and advise the
> client to pay HP.
>
> Regards
>
> Neil
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paveza, Gary [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 2:50 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Help! 4.3 gb drives failing
> >
> > If you are referring to the 4.3 Seagate drives
>in the Jamacia
> > enclosures, we use them rather extensively
>(around 100+ of them).
> > They work rather well, but we also notice that
>usually when we install
> > a large number of them, we get a few failures
>right away. If you can
> > make it past around the first month or so, you
>should be fine with
> > only minimal failures. I can only guess that
>some batches of the
> > discs are destined to fail fast.
> >
> > Gary L. Paveza, Jr.
> > Technical Support Specialist
> > All opinions are mine and not those of my
>employer
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nick Perna [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 11:32 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]@inetgw
> > Subject: Help! 4.3 gb drives failing
> >
> > We have installed the new storage unit that
>holds 8 of the new 4.3 gb
> > drives (we have 4 drives installed in this
>unit). These drives were
> > installed just two weeks ago and we've since
>had 2 of the drives fail.
> > And since they didn't fail at the same time
>we've been busy doing
> > reloads. My question to all of you is: Is
>anyone else having
> > problems
> > with these drives or was this just a fluke?
>We're down right now and
> > any input about the reliablitity of these
>drives is appreciated.
>
>
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