From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Marcin M. Jessa" Subject: Re: Green drives and RAID arrays with partity Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:28:16 +0200 Message-ID: <4E7F3A80.7010308@yazzy.org> References: <4E7F0A31.4070001@yazzy.org> <4E7F13E8.4080606@hardwarefreak.com> Reply-To: lists@yazzy.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4E7F13E8.4080606@hardwarefreak.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: stan@hardwarefreak.com Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 9/25/11 1:43 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: [...] > > When you have a problem such as yours, and you ask for help on this, or > any other Linux kernel list, it's a really good idea to post all of the > relevant information up front. Why? Because most often when drives drop > out of arrays it is not because a disk failed or the disk has buggy > firmware. It's most often because of problems elsewhere in the storage > stack, either hardware or software. I wasn't sure which information I should attach and I did not want to spam the list. I was hoping someone would tell me if some of the relevant information was missing so I could send it when needed. Could you please tell me what kind of data was missing? > Crappy HBAs and/or drivers, loose or dislodged cable connectors, and > crappy active/passive backplanes are the primary movers when it comes to > good drives dropping out of arrays. In my case I don't use any HW Raid. My motherboard is a MSI 870A-G54 - http://www.msi.com/product/mb/870A-G54.html and I only use SATA and software RAID. > Again, I implore you to investigate all other portions of your storage > stack before blowing money on drives, which may not be the cause of your > problem. It's really hard to find the source of the failure. My first assumption was the drives, since I have 5 more (different) HDs connected to the board, two in RAID 1 (ATA drives) and they all work flawlessly. Reading feedbacks from all the people complaining about the same issue with the SEAGATE drives as I have I automatically assumed there is a problems with these particular disks. -- Marcin M. Jessa