AW: Disk Failure

[oliver.wenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello,

on our 820 we had two disks fail on monday/tuesday two weeks ago. There are
several DASD PTFs IBM told us to
apply. 
There also seems to be a hardware problem with some drives:

http://www.midrangecomputing.com/announcements/062901mc.cfm


Regards,

Oliver

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:  barsa@barsaconsulting.com [SMTP:barsa@barsaconsulting.com]
> Gesendet am:  Montag, 9. Juli 2001 21:30
> An:   midrange-L@midrange.com
> Betreff:      Disk Failure
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My financial system is a model 270 with 6 10,000 RPM 8 GB DASD units.  I
> had my first failure last Tuesday on that system, which was protected by
> RAID-5.  The disk was replaced later on Tuesday.  Today (Monday) I have
> had
> another unit on that system fail, just six days apart.
> 
> Any similar stories?
> 
> 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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