Greg,
I would be like to answer. Fact is I do not know what my rebuild rate is.
Old records I have for 2004 show that a rebuild took about 5hrs and change
for about 23GB.
[Obs#1]
ATM, I think I now see a complete meltdown. While the bios level SMOR shows
me that the 2 old drives are optimal and that the new Quantum drive is
also optimal, the bios SMOR command Rebuild does not seem to do anything.
(yes, thinking bad A-3200S controller!)
[Obs#2]
The controller, 3200S, does not seem to add the new drive to the current
array. Perhaps because it reads the new drive as 'smaller' than the
remaining 2 drives of the old array. When Post gets to the I20 portion
(raid), I now see what looks suspiciously like 2 separate arrays.?
Controller: 0xFA00 IRQ7 3200S FW320P
Drive: 0 (0,5,0) QuantumAtlas10k3_18_SCA fw=120P
c:2213 h:255 s:63 16.96GB
Drive: 1 (0,6,0) Adaptec COSMO (the name I assigned to the array!) fw=320P
c:4462 h:255 s:63 34.18GB {this equates to the 2x IBM 18.4GB old drives}
If I let POST complete, I now get the black screen w/blinking cursor and
msg: Operating System not found. {I read this to confirm that NO Rebuild
has taken place in the past 22hrs! And/or the 3200S is truly dead!}
[Obs#3]
I have tried to do a Repair W2KServer install 3 times now. Each fails
indicating Repair can not find a hard drive/volume to use.
I accept this as I may be Toast; as you suggested before! No harm, no foul.
[Obs#4]
I have been to the Repair Console. I have tried both FixBoot and FixMbr.
While both seem to work and may be trying to do something, I see no
improvement. Suspect this is because the array is still not whole/back
together?
I am now ready to just spend Saturday afternoon putting my original U160
cable back in, and, using Create to start all over at square
one. :)
unless there may some last test to try.?
[Obs#5]
..I do have enough new Quantum drives to just replace all the drives
and just try and Create/Build a new array to prove this 3200S actually can
do this task. If not, it is clear that the 3200S is indeed Toast!
And then, I can lick my wounds, and, plan for a new server case, SATA
controller, and, cheaper drives. :)
Is this a good test? Time is not an issue; I have lots of time! LOL!
I have confirmed which data I will loose. Bummer, but not life-threatening.
Thank you,
Duncan
At 00:49 10/04/2008 -0500, you wrote:
What's your rebuild rate? Most cards I've seen default to 20%, which will
take about 40 billion years to complete.
Even at 80% rebuild rate, my Areca 12x500GB RAID6 array takes about 8 or 9
hours to complete a rebuild. However, during the rebuild, you should be able
to use the drive as normal.
Greg
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New drives in hand. One installed in the failed position.
Server booted and held at the bios prompt (ctrl+A) for the raid
array.
All 3 drives NOW read optimal.
In bios, I gave the RAID REBUID command. (at ~1400hrs, my time).
It is now ~2020 my time. All I have witnessed (seen, heard) since is
that the Activity LEDs (yellow) of all three drives of the RAID array
blink ON
every ~10 seconds. It is just a 'blink.'
I do accept that my raid card only has 32MB of SODIMM RAM. But
still..
Greg, you may just win this hand! OK, if I leave this machine alone
all
night,
will I have coffee in the AM with a re-built array, maybe?
I can accept even a RAID controller that is toast! (if so, the next
question is:
does anyone have a cheap A-3200S for sale) LOL!
Sometimes, this hobby is just way too much fun! Yagotztaluvitsometimes!
Pull no punches here, please. I can always just start over.
I still have the bios-level command of CREATE :)
Thank you,
Duncan
