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    SubjectRe: What does this scsi error mean ?
    On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 03:08:46PM +0100, Olivier Galibert wrote:
    > On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 11:14:52PM +0000, Alan wrote:
    > > > Both smart and the internal blade diagnostics say "everything is a-ok
    > > > with the drive, there hasn't been any error ever except a bunch of
    > > > corrected ECC ones, and no more than with a similar drive in another
    > > > working blade". Hence my initial post. "Hardware error" is kinda
    > > > imprecise, so I was wondering whether it was unexpected controller
    > > > answer, detected transmission error, block write error, sector not
    > > > found... Is there a way to have more information?
    > >
    > > Well the right place to look would indeed have been the SMART data
    > > providing the drive didn't get into a state it couldn't update it.
    > > Hardware error comes from the drive deciding something is wrong (or a
    > > raid card faking it I guess). That covers everything from power
    > > fluctuations and overheating through firmware consistency failures and
    > > more.
    > >
    > > If you pull the drive and test it in another box does it show the same ?
    >
    > Ok, inverted the disks, got a crash of the same blade with the new
    > disk, so the problem is not the drive itself. Gonna try inverting two
    > blades to check if it's the power supply connector/rail.

    ...and it is the power supply/connector. Failure is linked to the
    position of the blade in the box (as in the blade in the first
    position always fails). Now that's a cute failure. Having the
    support act on it is going to be fun.

    OG.

    PS: Yes, I did forget to send that email :-)
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