Hi -
Once again, Netapp tech support seems to be taking their sweet time about responding to my support email, so I'm going to folks that actually respond...
Got this in the logs of one of my 720s. Is this telling me I've got bad RAM?
There was an error in the J28 DIMM that was corrected, a
couple of times.
It hasn't recurred since that date, but still worries me.
Since it hasn't happened again, I wouldn't worry about it. The timing seems to indicate that perhaps something was going on unusual at that time, perhaps a raid scrub or a heavy load from cron or somesuch? It is not unusual to see more errors during times of heavier stress.
You might want to consider reseating that DIMM just to make sure it has a good connection. Then I wouldn't worry unless you start seeing a LOT more errors. But support may tell you different.
Bruce
Thanks, Bruce.
Actually, it repeated several hundred times that night, never since. First time for that error in over a year in owning it, which is why it made me twitchy. Cron-wise, nothing interesting changed. Scrubbing has been going on forever.
Yikes, I hate to play this loose with it, but it will be mirrored to another 720 in a few weeks, so hopefully it won't matter.
We're extremely dependent on this filer. I know we're a minor player in Netapp's realm ( we own 4 720s ), but the lack of response for such a critical piece of machinery for me makes me wonder. Guess I won't blow off the next EMC call that is due to hit voice mail in a couple of weeks.
Thanks again for the note, Bruce.
-j