On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 08:14:52PM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 01/12/2010 03:51 PM, nate wrote: > > I've used HP/cciss on a couple hundred systems over the past 7 years, > > can only recall 2 issues, both around a drive failing the controller > > didn't force the drive off line, and there was no way to force it > > off line using the command line tool, so had to go on site and physically > > yank the drive. With the failing drive still in the array performance > > tanked. > > I've had 2 issues today on a single machine - controller going readonly > with the assumption that a disk had failed, looking at the cli stats and > it actually showed all 6 disks in the dl380 G4 to be fine. > > I accept these are not new machines, and have a few years under their > belt - but we've got similar aged kit from other places which doesnt > have nearly as many issues. > > > > > I've never used SATA on cciss, that could be a cause of issues. > > Were all scsi here. > > Maybe its just bad luck here :) > I remember a story about two similar HP proliants.. same model number, ordered the same day, same hardware configuration etc.. The other one had problems with a lot of things, while the other one was working perfectly well.. Looking at the serial numbers in more detail revealed the non-working one was assembled in Malaysia, while the working one was assembled in Ireland.. (iirc). :) -- Pasi