This morning I came into work and I heard a noise that I am not use to.... I thought it was coming from a different server however after investigating the noise I noticed it was coming from out Intel Modular Server, Model MFSYS25V2.
We have a total of 10 Hard drives which Hard drives 1-4 and 7-11 are as follows:
Status: OK
Drive 1 (2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11)
Drive Size: 279.39GB
Usuable Space: 278.46GB
Role: Member of Storage Pool
HDD Write Back Cache : Disabled
Hard Drive 5
Status : Predictive Failuer (PFA)
Drive Size: 279.39GB
Usable Space: 278.46GB
Role : unused
HDD Write Back Cache: Disabled
Hard Drive 12
Status OK
Drive 12
Drive Size: 279.39GB
Usable Space: 278.46GB
Role: Dedicated Hot Spare (revertible)
HDD Write Back Cache: Disabled
In the Events tab, at 5:35 this morning for Drive 05 these messages started to appear:
time, Description = Drive has been reset, Component =Drive 05 Severity=Info, Policy ID 145, User=System
and
time, Description=Command times out on drive, Component=Drive 05, Severity=warning, Policy ID=159, User=System
I have no clue as to what to do, Any help would be greatly appreciated! I have so many questions:
What can I do to Stop this noise?
Can I Click on Clear PFA Condition and the noise go away?
Can I take the (bad) Hard Drive out and if I do take it out, do I need to shut the whole unit or can I just pull it out?
If I can pull it out, do I have to replace it with another hard drive?
From what I can see, this hard drive has had the PFA Condition for over a year and I gather that now the hard drive wants to act up.
Again Any help would be greatly appreciated and if you need any other information to assist me in this issue please ask and I will provide to the best of my knowledge.
Thank you
Robin