Thread (15 messages) 15 messages, 4 authors, 2010-10-01

Re: raid5+hotspare: request for recommended procedure

From: Stefan G. Weichinger <hidden>
Date: 2010-09-29 14:25:50

Am 2010-09-29 12:03, schrieb Tim Small:
Run smartctl -t long, and see what the LBA of the errors are (smartctl
-a when finished, and look at the error log) - it may be that it is
outside of the used space (e.g. right at the end of the drive - I've
seen this in the past) if this is the case, you can just dd over it.

If the test completes without error then the unreadable sector is either
not user-addressable, or doesn't really exist, in which case I'd ignore
it (or perhaps a security-erase will get the drive back into a sensible
state).  Some of the earlier firmwares for the ST3250310NS were a little
buggy in my experience, so you might want to look at upgrading it
(latest Seagate non-OEM firmware is SN06), which can be done with hdparm.
Yep, it finished without error!

Does that mean I could ignore that safely?

Or should I rebuild the raids onto the spare-disk and then swap drive?

S
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