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Yikes, I'd invest $100 in a decent UPS.
Categories: Hard Drives/Storage
Hello everyone. I've been an observer for a while, but never posted until now.
I came home to find that I had a power outage and when I restarted my PC and Server one of my drives was non-responsive.
I've got a MediaSmart EX470
It has two additional drives in it:
750 GB
1 TB
The 1TB is not seen by the server (The Console says its missing). The drive is pretty new; I got it in November 2008 when I set up the Server. It is a Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EACS 1TB SATA.
I pulled all the drives out and blew the dust out and reinserted. I was carefull to make sure they were reinstalled in the correct order. I've rebooted the server a few times, but the problem remains.
How can I test this drive to make sure the drive is really dead? Can I put it in the other vacant slot to see if it can be found, or will that mess it up? All my folders are duplicated so I still seem to have access to my data. I know I could get another drive and pop it in and do a repair, but I'd like to make sure this one is dead. I don't know if the power outage caused the problem, but it sure seem likely.
Of course this happens tonight, as I am going out of town for 5 days tomorrow. Any help is appreciated, I may not be able to deal with this until I return from my trip.
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February 23, 2009 12:50 PM
I do have a UPS. The power must have been out for longer than the UPS can keep everything going. That is why it seems odd that the drive failed. The two other drives in the Server and the one in the PC are fine.
Are there any diagnostics built into the server?
February 27, 2009 1:28 PM
For anyone who cares:
I shut down the server and PC. I took the notebook and left on Monday morning for 5 days. I just got back and turned everything on and it all works! I have a server health notice that the computers have not been backed up since 2-22-09. But that's because everything was off.
I'm not sure what happened, but it seemed odd that the drive had died anyway. I'm going to keep my eye on it, but it all is ok now.
March 1, 2009 12:14 PM
I suggest using Grid Junction so you get a clean shut-down in this happens again, but that does not address your current situation!
As for the drive... Great that it is "back" but you may want to invest in another to have a spare available, maybe even replace it now while it is under warranty. I had a similar situation a few years back and replaced the drive, using the questionable one as an off-line backup unit. (It was not under warranty.) After a couple years it failed again. I stuck it in the refrigerator for a couple hours after which it worked fine. I "wiped" it to remove data and then immediately discarded it. The odds are very high your drive WILL fail again.
PS: You might look at the SMART failure prediction using the Disk Management Add-in. If that predicts failure I would not wait to do the replacement! Probably wouldn't anyway...
...JohnBick
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