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From: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Subject: Re: read errors corrected
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:08:07 +1100
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:48:07 +0000 James <jtp@nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Neil,
> 
> I'm runinng 2.6.35.
> 
> Although an expensive route, the only thing I can think to do to
> determine 100% whether the issue is software or hardware (and, if
> hardware, whether SATA controller or the drives) is to swap the drives
> out.
> 
> Ouch!
> 
> Any other ideas, however, would be appreciated before I drop a few
> hundred bucks. :)

Buy a PCIe SATA controller, plug it in and move some/all drives over to that?
Should be a lot less than $100.  Make sure it is a different chipset to what
you have on your motherboard.

NeilBrown