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rpmurray · 08-29-2006, 08:45 AM

Well, after 8 months of SMART warnings from Drive 1, it finally decided to give up the ghost and go to Western Digital drive heaven. Came in this morning and not five minutes after I sat down started hearing what sounded like a ping-pong match going on in the 705N. I shut the 705N down immediately (by pressing the power button in front), and noticed that Drive 1 was showing an amber light before it turned off.

I had a couple of spares I bought when the SMART warnings first started. They're Western Digital WD1200JBs, just like the originals. The dead drive lasted 6 years with 24/7 use, in case anyone finds that information useful.

I've replaced the dead drive (Drive 1, slot 0) and am seeing the server doing a disk check on the RAID after turning it on. It's been saying 5% for a while now and I seem to remember it did that on the last 705N where I had a drive fail. This one just makes me nervous because it actually contains data I want to keep.

So, the instructions for replacing the drive say that I should configure the replacement drive as a spare. It also says the server may of may not reboot. My question is, should I wait for the disk check to complete before doing this? I'm not sure it's a good thing to have the server reboot while in the middle of the disk check.

I have done an info device on the command line and checked the drive sizes, and the new drive is just slightly larger than the old ones, 116531320 KB as compared to the old ones with 116498200 KB.

08-29-2006, 08:45 AM	#1
rpmurray Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 157	Dell 705N Cracked RAID Well, after 8 months of SMART warnings from Drive 1, it finally decided to give up the ghost and go to Western Digital drive heaven. Came in this morning and not five minutes after I sat down started hearing what sounded like a ping-pong match going on in the 705N. I shut the 705N down immediately (by pressing the power button in front), and noticed that Drive 1 was showing an amber light before it turned off. I had a couple of spares I bought when the SMART warnings first started. They're Western Digital WD1200JBs, just like the originals. The dead drive lasted 6 years with 24/7 use, in case anyone finds that information useful. I've replaced the dead drive (Drive 1, slot 0) and am seeing the server doing a disk check on the RAID after turning it on. It's been saying 5% for a while now and I seem to remember it did that on the last 705N where I had a drive fail. This one just makes me nervous because it actually contains data I want to keep. So, the instructions for replacing the drive say that I should configure the replacement drive as a spare. It also says the server may of may not reboot. My question is, should I wait for the disk check to complete before doing this? I'm not sure it's a good thing to have the server reboot while in the middle of the disk check. I have done an info device on the command line and checked the drive sizes, and the new drive is just slightly larger than the old ones, 116531320 KB as compared to the old ones with 116498200 KB.