Snap 2200 Stuck rebuilding

[TroutSlayer]

Hi,


First of all, GREAT site / info. Better info than Adaptec, thats for sure.

I have a snap that during rebuild hangs / locks the server @ 14% complete everytime.

How I got to here:

Unit is a snap 2200 mirrored.

Drive 1 had been rebuilding once a month for a few months unknown to me. The old admin never setup email alerts.

Drive 2 then Died...heads clacking. Unit keeps trying to repair itself on boot. Access config page, disabled startup repair.

Using info from this forum I was able to get access to the semi "good" drive, after removing the failed drive, repaired it and back it up. (whew.....i can breath now).

I only had access to a WD 160 EIDE drive. Attempted to replace / re-mirror drive 2 with the WD drive. The process locked up at 14% complete. Disk and system light solid.

I assumed the original drive was causing me the trouble. Data loss on this unit is not an issue now. Converted to single disk mode, formated new WD drive. Moved it to top bay (drive 1). Added 2nd new WD 160 EIDE to lower bay (drive 2). Formated as single disks (both). Changed to Disk mirroring and reboot. Disk status show rebuilding 2nd disk unti WHAMMY....locked up at 14% again????

I have reformatted & changed postions of these drives. reattempt to mirror fails at 14%

Created a stripped array, formatted it...no problems. Reconfigure as mirror set, reboot, disk status again says rebuilding disk 2, then ....you guessed it....hangs at 14%.

Im about to loose what hair I have left. My wife would like you to help me keep that hair. Any suggestions?

I laugh cause the only other thing i can do is cry.......

Thanks in Advance!!!!

[blue68f100]

You can have some of my hair, it's already gone......

What version of OS are you using???

All indications are a drive acting up. Verify the cooling fan is continuing running. The drives get real hot during a raid build.

Also post "co de info". This will give my drive info. For OS click on the SnapAppliance Logo on the admin page. A popup will give the info.

And was this unit every upgraded?

If you have a copy of SpinRite, run it under Maintance mode. New drives are not checked for bad media, this can throw off timing.