Fw: classiccmp server issue

From: Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Sat Dec 6 20:59:34 2003

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay West" <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 8:36 PM
Subject: classiccmp server issue


> 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 - 20:59:34 GMT