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From: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
To: Richard Scobie <richard@sauce.co.nz>
Cc: Dexter Filmore <Dexter.Filmore@gmx.de>,
	Linux RAID Mailing List <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: diskspotting (how to tell the dead one?)
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:36:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4909C666.9020408@dgreaves.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <490955DD.1030607@sauce.co.nz>

Richard Scobie wrote:
> Dexter Filmore wrote:
>> Assuming one has 6 disks on two controllers and one dies, how does one
>> tell the dead one? Which controller/port?
> 
> There are probably more elegant ways, but I use smartctl -a on the
> failed drive to find it's serial number and use this to find the
> location based on where I installed the drives initially, which I note
> in a text file or a label attached to the exterior of the case on
> machines with removable drive trays.

Same here.

I write the last few digits of the serial number on a label and attach it to the
drive where it is visible when you open the case.

David


-- 
"Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..."

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-10-30 14:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-30  6:19 diskspotting (how to tell the dead one?) Dexter Filmore
2008-10-30  6:36 ` Richard Scobie
2008-10-30 14:25   ` Greg Freemyer
2008-10-30 14:36   ` David Greaves [this message]
2008-10-30 16:47   ` Chris Green
2008-10-30 17:18     ` Dexter Filmore
2008-10-30 21:33       ` Billy Crook

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