06/19/2004 NT12.hsphere.cc

[bigdave]

NT12 is currently experiencing some issues it being brought in for diagnostics, more to come as I have it.

[Brangwyn]

Thanks, whats the prognosis Dr ?

Just got it here a few minutes ago Brangwyn, Dave's checking it now. Looking like a drive at this point....

[Brangwyn]

Cheers John, guess it might be a while coming back then if it a suspect drive.

Well, if it's any consolation.......if anyone can bring it back from the dead, Dave can.

[Brangwyn]

If he starts hitting it with the Hex editor and updating the FAT by hand I'd start worrying about him if I was you

I'm watching him close

OK, Dave worked his Black Magic, rebuilt the array for the drives, and also ID'd a bad memory stick What are the odds that a drive & memory failed at the same time!? Outlook is good at this point, more to come shortly.....

[bigdave]

Ok, Looks like we are good NT12 is up at the office for a few minutes to make sure all is well before John takes it back downtown. I think the RAID array might have died at someother point in time but the memory failure today sealed the deal, so both are now fixed.

[Brangwyn]

Memory can be faulty a good while before it's detected especially if it's ECC becuase it basically compensates for errors, the array failure probably did have some relationship with the dud RAM.

Nice work getting it all up and running