[CentOS] [HW] Do the HDD cages in rack mount chassis indicate visual/audio HDD failure?
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m.roth at 5-cent.usTue Oct 11 13:06:45 UTC 2011
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John R Pierce wrote: > On 10/11/11 12:11 AM, Arun Khan wrote: >> In rack mount chassis, do the cages that house the >> hard disks have the following feature? >> >> (a) Indicate disk failure. LED lights up and/or audio alarm? > > that requires specific configuration to suit whatever drive interconnect > you have. Sometimes, it's just looking at what drive is showing SMART (or other) errors. Other times, look at the light. > >> (b) The failed HDD can be swapped. > > If they are in hotswap bays, yes. if they aren't, no. Don't waste time and money getting anything *other* than hot swap bays. You really, really don't want to have to pull the server out, and take it apart just to swap a bad drive. > > they have 2U servers with as many as 25 2.5" SAS bays now. mark
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