I've just experienced a double disk failure on my raid 0 array

[Søren Knudsen]

In their defense, they were running in a passively cooled enclosure and probably close to their maximum temperature.

/Søren

> -----Original Message-----
> From: music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-
> bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Tony Scharf
> Sent: 6. april 2009 21:28
> To: Music-bar
> Subject: Re: I've just experienced a double disk failure on my raid 0
> array
> 
> I'd bet your drives were both from the same batch and had some shared
> fault.  I would definitely check with the manufacturer to see if there
> had been a recall. It is highly unusual for two dirves to die that
> quickly.  We have servers here running raid 5 and we have very few
> drive replacements.
> 
> tony
> 
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com>
> wrote:
> > Søren Knudsen schreef:
> >
> >> Yes, you are right. But still. They are only 10 months old, so I
> figured the first of them to fail had a small build error, but seeing
> the second one go soon after.... I guess that’s just how long they
> should last when running 24/7 :?
> >
> > Hmm, that's a bit dodgy, yes. My Sun at work has a pretty standard
> IDE
> > drive of 110 GB (and an old 20 GB one, that gets switched spun up on
> > demand) that runs 24/7, and I have no idea for how long now.
> >
> >> The first of the replacement discs I ordered was a Samsung Spinpoint
> F1 Desktop identical to the ones that failed. When I ordered the
> second, I got the a Samsung Spinpoint F1 Raid, which is allegedly made
> for servers and not desktops. I'll see if that disc lasts longer (and
> cost nearly twice as much, but what the heck - I don’t want to lose
> my data).
> >
> > Hmm, I'd be careful taking consumer grade discs and running them
> 24/7,
> > though. This is one reason why I prefer the more expensive discs - in
> > general, they last longer, or give fewer problems.
> >
> > - Peter
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