25 Dec
2010
25 Dec
'10
3:22 a.m.
On 12/24/2010 05:49 PM, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
On 12/25/2010 01:03 AM, Mark Knecht wrote
Different firmware. And spec'ed for 24x7 operation (maybe just tested
better?). I think I remember some timeouts are different so that a drive
will not "hang" an array while it tries to recalibrate or something like
that.
Once I had 8 WD 500G "server level" drives in a raid array. Every once
in a while one would just drop from the array. No reason. Went nuts
trying to figure out what was wrong. A power cycle of the drive and it
would work as new. Ended up being a firmware problem in the drive (!).
WD's response was pathetic. Server drives, consumer drives, I think it
is just a matter of having luck with the right fabrication batch and
firmware - I never buy the latest model.
-- Fernando
Or choose a different WD drive that doesn't
have the problem. I went
for 500GB RAID Edition drives. Faster, WAY longer lifetime, all the
features required for RAID, but a bit more expensive and less space.
what on earth
is "raid edition"? makes all my BS indicators flash red...
i can't imagine any special hardware feature "required for raid".