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Raid 5
Name: mhags Date: October 27, 2005 at 12:48:01 Pacific OS: Windows XP/2k/2k3 CPU/Ram: 2.9/ 2GB
Comment:
Is it possible for a drive to have a write error in a raid 5 setup, which makes a drive drop offline? The drive rebuilt fine after it dropped off. Want to know if this is common, and or should I replace the drive?
Name: wanderer Date: October 27, 2005 at 15:21:17 Pacific
Reply:
is this scsi or ide? software or hardware raid5?
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Response Number 2
Name: oldfogey Date: October 28, 2005 at 05:39:19 Pacific
Reply:
I used to run a SCSI Raid stack on a Compaq server (back in the days when 5Gb was BIG), and I never saw this happen - and I assume (??) that things have got more reliable since then. If it had, I would have replaced the disc, and, having run all the tests I could get, held it as an off-line spare if it seemed OK.
Obviously it depends on how critical the system and data is.
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Response Number 3
Name: wanderer Date: October 28, 2005 at 11:49:29 Pacific
Reply:
without knowing hardware vs software raid or scsi vs ide no good advice can be given
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