From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Redeeman Subject: Re: Western Digital RE3 Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 15:17:26 +0200 Message-ID: <1243430246.5740.80.camel@localhost> References: <20090527012441.GA3506@tosh2egg.wr.niftyegg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090527012441.GA3506@tosh2egg.wr.niftyegg.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Nifty Fedora Mitch Cc: "MOgWai46[Saurceful of Secrets]" , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 18:24 -0700, Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 04:17:34PM +0200, MOgWai46[Saurceful of Secrets] wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > I would replace two Western Digital Velociraptor 300 GB 10K Rpm that > > in the latest five month gave me a lot problems. Periodically i must > > re-sync the linux raid 1 array because one of the two Velociraptor > > stop to work. Someone have an experience with the Western Digital Raid > > Edition 3 on a machine with linux software Raid 1? > > Do inspect the drive and drive logs with WD diagnostic software. > > Do inspect the hardware... cables, connectors etc.... > > Is it always the same disk that is triggering an error? > Is the drive firmware up to date? > > Software RAID 1 does not place any strange load on a drive the way > other RAID models might so unless the drive is well out of warranty > look for the obvious.... He is not the first person to have serious problems with the velociraptors, so they are probably not too good to use for raid. > > >