Libraries are down

Published on November 24, 2003 By Nakor In WinCustomize News

One of our server hard drives is trying to fail on us. RAID has helped with it so far, but library downloads are suspended while we make some additional snapshots of the current data set.

Comments (Page 1)

[brazen weep]

on Nov 24, 2003

Wouldn't happen to be IBM/Hitachi Deskstar's would they? I've had three fail in as many years. BOOOOOO Deskstar BOOOOOOO! >

Nakor

on Nov 24, 2003

Fujitsu SCSI. We've lost at least 3 IBM Deathstars here over the last 2 years. At least 1 of them I suspect was a thermal issue, but not sure about the other ones.

otto888 2

on Nov 24, 2003

BUT IT BACK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >

on Nov 24, 2003

Not really. Skin download area is still down.

Nakor

on Nov 24, 2003

Library downloads will remain off for probably the next 2 hours.

XP crazy

on Nov 24, 2003

Gee...I thought is was my comp

kona0197

on Nov 24, 2003

Invest in some maxtor drives!

Frogboy

on Nov 24, 2003

Update: Looks like one of the drives has suffered a catastrophic failure. So the libraries will be down while we restore from backup.

Sugaree

on Nov 24, 2003

DesignCaddy

on Nov 24, 2003

im with kona on the maxtor's. i've never had one fail, and i've got a poor little celeron system i bought in '98 that i've pummeled and its still stable as ever. i believe our servers at work are maxtor scsi's also.

[brazen weep]

on Nov 24, 2003

Ever since I my IBM Deskstar problems began, I started buying Maxtors exclusively. I have 4 of them - haven't had any of them fail in the 4 years I've had them.

Nakor

on Nov 24, 2003

I guess we're thankful for small things. Like that its happening now instead of Thursday.

sthrncin

on Nov 24, 2003

Jafo

on Nov 25, 2003

Last I heard, IBM was the last company you would ever want to be making your hard drive.

They were suffering an absurd number of failures and losing money hand over fist.

Anytime I buy a drive, when asked what brand, I say 'I'm not fussy, as long as it's NOT IBM'...

Black Xero

on Nov 25, 2003

Fujitsu SCSI?????
Amazing this is really good SCSI...How It comes

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