Re: Predictive Disc Failure

[Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx>]

   What's a CE - wink wink.

   Rich

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   On 6/24/2013 10:12 AM, Gqcy wrote:

 Does IBM let you have a "spare" drive on site?

 is there some feature code that allows this?

 just "a wink" from your CE?



 On 6/22/2013 6:51 AM, Rich Loeber wrote:


 Thank you to those who weighed in on this .... the replacement unit
 should be here on Monday and it will get installed.  Just an investment
 in some time, the disc itself is covered by our IBM maintenance agreement.

 Rich
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 Quoting Jim Oberholtzer [1]<midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:


 I agree.  The last thing you need is a drive you think might fail, and
 another one that seems OK fails, and then have the called out drive
 fails since it is now getting more activity.  That would  be bad.
 Replace it.

 Jim Oberholtzer
 Chief Technical Architect
 Agile Technology Architects


 On 6/21/2013 6:22 PM, DrFranken wrote:

 Replace it.

 Even IF it turns out the thing is fine IBM has put a lot of effort into
 figuring out what constitutes a valid condition for predictive failure.
     If they call it out, it's dead to me.

            - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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 On 6/21/2013 5:47 PM, Rich Loeber wrote:


       I did a hot swap of a failed disc on my E4A today and all

 went well.  A

       few minutes after the new disc was in place and while raid

 was rebuilding,

       the system threw a predictive disc failure on the new

 unit.  I talked with

       the support tech at IBM and they decided to ship us  another

 replacement

       disc.  I've since checked back in on the system in  question

 and there have

       been no more failures reported and the raid protection is

 now reporting

       that it is completely reset and fully functional.

       If you were me, would you go through another disc swap on

 Monday?

       Rich Loeber
       Kisco Information Systems

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