Failure

madmatmadmat
edited January 2004 in Hardware
One of the WD SATA 120Gig JB's in my array just died a very horrid death.
I've spent the better part of today trying to save it thinking that I'd just got fubar'ed data on the drive from my follies with the old bios but I'm begining to think that half the trouble I was having in oc'ing with the old bios was the fact that the drive was failing.
After I get the new drive from RMA I'm not sure if I'll transfer all the info on this drive over to a spare 40gig I've got laying around and ghost that back onto a new array or just go with 2 separate 120Gig drives.
Any suggestions?

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  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Well, if it is a mirroring array, than no need for ghost. I f an array that was set up to make device-bridged volumes, I do not understand why if what you HAVE to have will compress at 1.6 to 2.0 to 1 on destination and will FIT on a 40 gig. I burn off to CD-R or CD-RW what I want to archive of non-critical data, then pull off drive, use smaller HD mechs. I can buy 100 packs of 700 Meg CDrs, that is 70 GIG of data storage for $23.00 if it is 48X Verbatim media. I buy CD-RW drives that LIKE Verbatim media. AND less hassles with data management-- archives there when needed, but by the time you use most archives, the data is no longer wanted unless of core things. Ghost off first if for a combined array, chost off first if for a mirror, then create mirror and array mirror as you relaod from backup. HD is fastest, but for non-critical stuff eats up time slices that could be used for other things.

    Except for servers of DB intense work, I would not bother with a volume-brdiging array with a physical HD size of 120 each even these days. Either seperate and use one HD as a Ghost target at need, or sperate with second HD HALF as ghost target, or as a full mirror for array on a non-server box, once you grok bridges (other good reason to do volume bridging is to LEARN about it, but if no needs critically, learn only and log it for later reference, then use mirroring until you need it.).

    Your decison, NEEDS based. Which is good depends on your data needs, and data needs only typically treble or quadruple over two-three years, not sextuple in size under normal use in that time frame UNLESS normal use for you is video or DB work that needs LOTS of HD acerage.

    John.
  • madmatmadmat
    edited November 2003
    It was a striped array and so I'm starting anew after losing 68.3gigs of info I would've rather not lost.
    I need the acreage because I save all my pic.s, music and games to my drive.
    Consider this; I filled up 68.3gigs since I built this machine in August of this year.
    I like running a stripe to allow higher speed transfers for faster load times in the games I play.
  • madmatmadmat
    edited January 2004
    Well, I got word on my drive finally...sounds kind of fishy to me, seems that WD quit producing the SATA 1200JB for some reason so they're sending me a SATA 1600JB instead.
    I'd be thrilled normally but 1.) this was half of an array stripe so I won't be able to rebuild my array without having 40gigs hidden from use.
    2.) I'm kind of wondering if maybe this is an indicator that WD found that this drive has problems and their idea of damage control is to just stop making them.
    If that's the case I wouldn't want to build another array with the 120 and the 160 striped anyways because if the 120 I still have died I'd end up in the same boat I'm in now.
    To give myself a bit of mental ease I'm planning on ghosting everything from ther 120 to the 160 and formating the 120 to use as storage for files that I can afford to lose and just have my games and OS on the 160.
    I'm actually kinda hoping the 120 takes a dump so I can get a second 160 and go back to running an array.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Just decline the offer and say that you need 2 equal drives. Their only option will be to replace both. Be tough on them.
  • madmatmadmat
    edited January 2004
    One problem with that is the 120gig is the heart of my one and only comp and would be a major loss considering they'll want me to send it in...couldn't blame them but I have 1 comp and I have all my stuff on this drive and I just got done reloading all my mods for my games along with my games and everything else software wise...besides I'd lose my mind without my comp for another month plus.
    I speak in redundancies I know but it's just so frustrating.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Ok, I understand, but Special Editions are limited runs-- sold until sold out.

    I think I would mirror array the thing, hide 40 GIG on the 160, and GHOST core stuff to that with target hidden.... :D

    John.
  • dak125dak125
    edited January 2004
    Ageek wrote:
    but Special Editions are limited runs-- sold until sold out.

    I don't think that's necessarily true with the Western Digitals. They've had special edition 120 Gigers (IDE) for at least 1.5 years. I bought my first one over a year ago and my other one a couple of months ago. I think the Special Edition is just to differentiate the 8mb cache versus the 2mb. Although WD now sells 8mb cache non Special Edition drives. They are in fact the same and in most cases still hold the 3 year MFR Warranty that the SE does.

    I would keep an eye out for good deals on the 160 gigs. That way you could setup your array and still have the 120 handy. There have been some crazy deals as of late.
  • madmatmadmat
    edited January 2004
    Yeah but the whole point is it's been like 6 months since that drive was introduced, they're still making the 80gig SATA JB, it came out at the same time as the 120gig SATA JB.
    I just wonder about the fitness of the 120 SATA drives as I've read in here where someone else had one half of their array built upon the same drive do the same thing.
    Oddly enough I think I've seen it in Max PC as well.
    Oh well, if this one dies I'll tell them that they owe me another 160gig drive, it's still got another 2.5 years left on the warranty.
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