classiccmp server issue

From: Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Sat Dec 6 20:36:34 2003

Sometime around 3am this morning, the classiccmp server tossed cookies. Not
sure exactly what happend, I tried powering it off and back on remotely - no
joy. So, this afternoon (sorry, but I was busy gutting (refurbing) another
HP 7906 drive and for once I decided my collection comes first!). I went
down to the datacenter and hooked up a console. Got this wonderful message:

"HDD S.M.A.R.T. monitoring has determined that a hard drive failure is
imminent. Back up your data immediately. Press F1 to continue"

*sigh*

So I hit F1, made sure it came back up. All disks were present and accounted
for. Tonight I'm sending copies of the filesystems over to a different
server... just in case. Not sure how much I trust S.M.A.R.T., so I may let
it ride for a while and just keep a closer eye on it. We'll see.

On the bright side, my 2nd 7906 is now mechanically sound, servo/positioning
tested ok too. On to the diags tomorrow for some read/write tests. What *IS*
it with me and hard drives these days anyways? If it's not vintage ones,
it's modern ones!

Also I thought I'd try throwing this hook out - Does anyone have any 7906
drives that they are sure are junk and not worth keeping? If so, I would
like to scavenge them for a spare set of cards from the card cage, the PMR
board, and all the heads - especially the servo head. But only if it's
pretty certain the drive isn't worth keeping and refurbing.

Regards,

Jay West
Received on Sat Dec 06 2003 - 20:36:34 GMT