3 May
2000
3 May
'00
10:14 p.m.
On Wed, 3 May 2000, Mike Mueller wrote:
What about the case when a whole shelf goes away at once (power is lost to the shelf for instance)? This seems more likely than a multiple disk failure. Is this recoverable?
Yes, loss of SCSI/FibreChannel connectivity or power to a shelf will cause the filer to halt or reboot (I forget exactly which... it's been a while since we did our failure mode testing). No data is lost. It's a good idea to keep a spare (empty) shelf and shelf power supplies on-site to minimize repair time should this ever happen.
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Brian Tao (BT300, taob@risc.org)
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"