I finally the email notification that I've been waiting to receive. [ORTHANC][1017] [CRITICAL][8/23/2006] [5:23:00 PM] [Controller Group 1] A Rebuild has Started on Array 1. Yes it took me 9 days to get my main server Orthanc up and functional... mostly my fault. Kind a comedy of errors. See when the drive died I figured that it would be quicker to order a new drive from newegg.com then when it arrived I was going to RMA the dead drive back to Maxtor and keep the replacement as a spare. Well the...
I hate Mondays. This past Monday was no exception. I did the usual morning routine then logged onto email before stating the day. Here is the body of four messages that I did not want to receive: [ORTHANC][1047] [WARNING][8/13/2006] [2:16:38 AM] [Controller Group 1] Medium error on controller 0 channel 3.[ORTHANC][1050] [WARNING][8/13/2006] [2:16:48 AM] [Controller Group 1] BBR second attempt failed, controller 0 channel 3.[ORTHANC][1013] [CRITICAL][8/13/2006] [2:16:59 AM] [Controller Group 1] Drive...
TB Server: The CaseThe CoolerMaster Stacker 810 is awesome. I searched very hard for a rack-mount case but nothing I could find met all of my requirements. Honestly no rack mount solution can touch the features of the Stacker 810. I think most rack-mount cases are meant to be deployed in an air-conditioned environment since none seem to offer killer cooling solutions. Two of my biggest needs are space for 10+ hard drives and plenty of cooling. I’m a little paranoid about cooling for my servers....
In my first post on this subject, I Need More Hard Drive Space I casually state at the end that “I am seriously considering a complete server retrofit (Option 4?) in order to get a 64-bit PCI or PCI-X slot or both.” Well folks I decided to take the plunge, that it was time to completely retire my two old workhorse servers Apollo and Athena which are both dual PIIIs with 512MB of RAM and assorted 120GB – 200GB IDE hard drives. And yes – by retire I mean make them useful Linux...