We had a disk in a ds14 cause a 960 cluster to fail due to noise on the buss. Air flow is not my main concern. Pull the puppy as soon as practical.
jc
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-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Stefan Funke (Home Office) Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 5:12 PM To: Chris Thompson Cc: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: Airflow in DS14 shelf if disk removed
Am 12.10.2005 um 21:54 schrieb Chris Thompson:
We had a failure of a disk in our DS14 shelf (attached to an F810) last night. All the automatic shipping of a replacement seems to be working fine.
However, if one leaves the failed disk in the shelf while waiting for the replacement, then every few hours one gets a message like
Wed Oct 12 10:00:00 BST [raid.fdr.reminder:warning]: Failed Disk 8b.22 Shelf 1 Bay 6 [NETAPP X272_SCHT6073F10 NA06] S/N [3HZ171ZR000073420TXM] is still present in the system and should be removed.
But I am concerned that actually removing the disk with its carrier would leave the airflow through the shelf unbalanced. I have compromised by disenganging the disk from the shelf but leaving it sitting in the slot, sticking out just a little.
What do others do in in this situation? Maybe you all have dummy carriers to block vacant slots?
I think it's a common solution to release the disk and stick it out just a little so the rack door can still be closed. ;-)