On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 06:05:33PM +0100, Ollie Cook wrote: > This is the first time we've tried the 3ware ATA RAID cards so I don't have > another 'known good' one. Usually we use SCSI RAID cards. If I were to replace > it I still wouldn't be able to guarantee that is was 'known good'. I may be > able to arrange a part replacement, just to test that theory, in any case.
Suppliers are usually glad to accomodate you with spare kit when the
sale depends upon it.
> Are you aware of any utilities which would be able to diagnose what you
> describe? I guess what I'm asking is how did you determine that that was what
> happened last time you saw these symtoms?
Hard to say. We had around a hundred machines and this only happened
to some of them. It took some time, and quite a lot of false starts
but eventually we pinned it down to overheating, and fixed the problem
by applying a larger heatsink and uprated fans.
Cheers,
Matthew
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