hi ya ron
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Sounds like user error to me.
yes... and/or more likely, initial system config errors ..
> Never said I was the expert. Our SysAdmins are the experts.
:-)
> And they have to swap drives out of running systems on a reasonably
> frequent basis (it's a 24x365 data center, and there are *lots*
> of disks in the various SANs, NASs, direct-connect racks), and so
> hot plugging + SCA is very useful.
if the disks are dying ... and are still under warranty ..
- the disks are probably running too hot
- the disks are probably a bad batch from the manufacturer
- somebody dropped the box of disks during shipping one time
too many
- i say, disks do NOT die ... fans die 5x - 10x more often
> Yeah, I know. That's why I *wish* there was something similar for
> internal IDE drives.
one should be able to fake an ide disk to look like a hot swap
ide disk ... but nobody makes that connector... and i keep wondering
why not .... it's simple ... all disks have a "ready" signal
- missing/dead disks means "drive not ready" which
should force the ide device driver to try again
> FireWire800 will be a big step in the right direction, since I
> can already get 1/2 of IDE speeds with my FW400 drive (an "old"
> Maxtor 60GB drive).
i think firewire had its day and its dying ... usb is taking over
c ya
alvin
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