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[gpsguy]

The Seagate


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[Wade]

thanks gpsguy

 

[Mirfster]

This one:

Code:

Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda LP
Device Model:     ST32000542AS
Serial Number:    5XW21WW0

Make sure you follow the guide on how to replace a drive to make sure things go smoothly

I realize that you are in a bind right now and want to restore redundancy. But I think that it is worth mentioning that most of us seasoned users would be sure to "Burn In" the drive before putting it into production. Not trying to tell you to do this in this case, but keep that in mind. For reference, I have links to that in my sig as well. ;)

 

[Wade]

This one:

Code:

Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda LP
Device Model:     ST32000542AS
Serial Number:    5XW21WW0

Make sure you follow the guide on how to replace a drive to make sure things go smoothly

I realize that you are in a bind right now and want to restore redundancy. But I think that it is worth mentioning that most of us seasoned users would be sure to "Burn In" the drive before putting it into production. Not trying to tell you to do this in this case, but keep that in mind. For reference, I have links to that in my sig as well. ;)

Thanks for all the nuggets, im taking everything to heart. About 6 hours ago I put the seagate offline, powered down, pulled the seagate and installed a new 2tb WD Red. Its 50% through the silvering process.

I have come to realize that even though freenas servers are rock solid, they are not "Ronco" you cant set it and forget it!!!! :D

This episode has really opened my eyes. Firstly, the seagate was old and eminent failure (relocating sectors) wasn't a big surprise. However, the other two drives with the check-some errors are not that old. The case has never been cleaned since I built it two+ years ago and dust had caked and cratered everywhere. Air flow was shotty at best. It was probably like a sauna in there which lead to the degraded drives with check-some errors. If my hard drives were kids they would have been taken away from me for neglect!!! LOL

The plan moving forward is to:

• implement regular physical case maintenance to insure proper air flow over the drives
• replace any suspect drives as $$$ allows (drives with any errors and/or degradation)
• create a data backup plan
• make sure to actually monitor the email address where freenas sends server info!!!! geez...
• double check my smart test intervals for optimal usage

Phase two:

• change case to the Fractal Design Define R4 for easy drive replacement
• label all hard drives
• move to a server class mother board that supports my existing ecc ram (im open to suggestions)
• transition from amd to intel processor (im open to suggestions)

hopefully my indiscretions made public will prevent somebody from making the same mistakes

thanks to everyone, ill keep this thread updated with my progress

 

[Mirfster]

Yeah that is pretty "fuggly"; but I have seen worse. Imagine a elderly woman who had a inclination to house as many cats as humanly possible. She kept her machine on the floor and the cats seemingly used it as a litter box for what seemed years. Surprised that none ever got electrocuted.

As a FYI, I personally purchase all of my drives "used" from eBay. Better prices and if from a good seller you will usually get them with lower hours. As long as you burn them in correctly and weed out any trouble ones (which you should be able to return because you should get only ones with a warranty ~ 1 year) things are fine.

Edited: Cuz I can't type and had to fix my typos.

 

[Wade]

Yeah that is pretty "fuggly"; but I have seen worse. Imagine a elderly woman who had a inclination to house as many cats as humanly possible. She kept her machine on the floor and the cats used seemingly as a litter box for what seemed years. Surprised that none every got electrocuted.

As a FYI, I personally purchase all of my drives "used" from eBay. Better prices and if from a good seller you will usually get them with lower hours. As long as you burn them in correctly and weed out any trouble ones (which you should be able to return because you should get only ones with a warranty ~ 1 year) things are fine.

thats funny! now i dont feels so bad.. :)

 

[Wade]

the saga continues...

after about 12 hours the re-silvering said complete in the gui but all drives except for the new one was degraded. I powered down, powered up and re-silvering started again with all drives now online. about two hours in, the system froze. I powered down, powered up but now I cant get back to the console.

I plugged a monitor directly to the box to try and see what was going on. while going through the boot process it looks like it hangs after trying to import tank

any ideas?

 

[ethereal]

why don't you try the memory that caused the problems before. how much memory do you have - how many sticks? you could try removing the memory that is the problem and reboot - but remember freenas uses 8 GB

 

[ethereal]

and you never did tell us what hardware you are using. what are they ?

 

[Wade]

why don't you try the memory that caused the problems before. how much memory do you have - how many sticks? you could try removing the memory that is the problem and reboot - but remember freenas uses 8 GB

KVR1333D3E9S/8G X2 16gigs total, ecc

ive tried moving the memory around

also tried them individualy

 

[Wade]

and you never did tell us what hardware you are using. what are they ?

Build FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201506292332
Moterboard ASUS msa97 le 2.0
CPU AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1075T Processor
Memory KVR1333D3E9S/8G X2 16gigs total, ecc
NIC intel 1210tblk

 

[ethereal]

you said you moving the memory - did you try one stick at a time?

 

[Wade]

you said you moving the memory - did you try one stick at a time?

yes and in different slots

 

[ethereal]

it looks like you have some sort of hardware issue. it's difficult to say what - do you have any other hardware to try ?

 

[Wade]

it looks like you have some sort of hardware issue. it's difficult to say what - do you have any other hardware to try ?

unfortunately not, i wish i did

 

[ethereal]

do all the drives show up in the bios ?

you could try a different boot device - it could be damaged

 

[ethereal]

try disconnecting all the hdds and see if it boots

 

[ethereal]

if you can boot the hardware you should run a memory test

 

[Wade]

do all the drives show up in the bios ?

you could try a different boot device - it could be damaged

yes

 

[Wade]

try disconnecting all the hdds and see if it boots

boots as intended without any hard-drives connected