Still doesn't hurt to call Dell in an instance like this. On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Oliver Marshall < oliver.marsh...@g2support.com> wrote:
> Hi chaps**** > > ** ** > > We have a Dell 2950 server that has 6 drives, labelled 0 to 5. There are > two back planes, one for drives 0 to 3 and one for drives 4 to 5. The raid > card is a Perc 5/i.**** > > ** ** > > On two separate occasions drives have been shown to have been removed from > the server, despite them still physically being present. First it was Drive > 1 and then it was Drive 4. Reinserting the drives causes the array to > re-sync and everything appear fine. **** > > ** ** > > Originally I thought it might be a drive, until a second drive did it. Then > I thought it might be a back plane, until I saw that there are two separate > back planes. Now I’m thinking it may be the integrated raid card.**** > > ** ** > > I just wanted a sanity check really before I order new bits (it’s out of > warranty by a month!). **** > > ** ** > > Any thoughts?**** > > ** ** > > Olly**** > > **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
