Re: Disk Failure

The worst thing I saw in SPD days was a cage for the 2838
Ethernet-Controller (being a PCI card) which was mainly
a metall housing with a single PCI slot in it and some translating
"glue logic" to convert PCI signals to the SPD bus, costing
nearly as much as the 2838 itself ...

Philipp

Don schrieb:

> I thought it was Spend Plethoric Dollars....:)
>
> On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Al Barsa wrote:
>
> >
> > SPD stands for "old hardware".
> >
> > Al
> >
> > Al Barsa, Jr.
> > Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
> >
> > 400>390
> >
> > 914-251-1234
> > 914-251-9406 fax
> >
> > http://www.barsaconsulting.com
> > http://www.taatool.com
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >                       "Dare"
> >                       <oludare@ix.netcom        To:       
><midrange-l@midrange.com>
> >                       .com>                     cc:
> >                       Sent by:                  Subject:  Re: Disk Failure
> >                       midrange-l-admin@m
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> >                       06/04/2002 09:32
> >                       AM
> >                       Please respond to
> >                       midrange-l
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If true that I'm going to have a downtime, is it because my system is SPD
> > based?  What does SPD stands for anyway, I forgot.
> >
> > Dare
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@attbi.com>
> > To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:26 AM
> > Subject: RE: Disk Failure
> >
> >
> > > Dare,
> > >
> > > From the looks of your disk configuration, you are on an older system
> > > which will not allow you to replace the disk while the system is active.
> > > Your system will remain active with mirroring and RAID.  You could just
> > > wait until your CE arrives and let him deal with it.  The RAID set will
> > > rebuild itself when the machine powers up after the new disk is
> > > installed.
> > >
> > > Because you are now unprotected and the loss of an additional drive in
> > > the RAID set will require a full system reload, you might want to do a
> > > full option 21 save if you have time before your customer engineer
> > > arrives.  Otherwise, if you're on IBM maintenance, let them put it back
> > > together for you.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Andy Nolen-Parkhouse
> > >
> > > > Subject: Disk Failure
> > > >
> > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > > > --
> > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > > > Hi guys,
> > > >
> > > > I came in this morning and found out one of my disk failed, I already
> > > > called our CE.  Any idea what to look for, steps of action, possible
> > > > problems, data recovery, or anything of help.
> > > > Below is my WRKDSKSTS, unit #4 is the failed disk.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Work with Disk Status     06/04/02 09:03:45
> > > >
> > > > Elapsed time: 00:08:04
> > > >
> > > > Size % I/O Request Read Write Read Write %
> > > >
> > > > Unit Type (M) Used Rqs Size (K) Rqs Rqs (K) (K) Busy
> > > >
> > > > 1 6606 1967 ++++ 4.1 5.9 1.5 2.6 4.5 6.6 5
> > > >
> > > > 1 6606 1967 ++++ 4.9 5.7 2.4 2.4 4.5 6.9 5
> > > >
> > > > 2 6607 3145 84.7 14.1 5.0 8.5 5.6 4.4 5.9 22
> > > >
> > > > 3 6607 3145 83.3 12.9 5.0 7.6 5.2 4.3 6.0 20
> > > >
> > > > 4 6607 4194 77.0 15.6 5.4 9.6 5.9 4.9 6.2 51
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Work with Disk Status  06/04/02 09:03:45
> > > >
> > > > Elapsed time: 00:08:04
> > > >
> > > > --Protection--
> > > >
> > > > Unit ASP Type Status Compression
> > > >
> > > > 1 1 MRR ACTIVE
> > > >
> > > > 1 1 MRR ACTIVE
> > > >
> > > > 2 1 DPY UNPROT
> > > >
> > > > 3 1 DPY UNPROT
> > > >
> > > > 4 1 DPY FAILED
> > > >
> > > > 5 1 DPY UNPROT
> > >
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