On Feb 8, 2009, at 09:30, Volker A. Brandt wrote:

>> yes, you've guessed it, the drive errors originated when the box was
>> moved.  A zpool scrub generated thousands of errors on the damaged
>> drive.  Now it's offline.  Al is sad. :(
>
> [...]
>
>> Just a heads up - it might just help someone else on the list who has
>> developed bad habits over the years......
>
> I've always felt squeamish when I had to move boxes with spinning  
> disks,
> or when I had to watch someone else do it.  Thanks for justifying my
> paranoia... and good luck with the replacement drives.

You don't even have to move boxes with spinning disks; as the  
Fishworks guys have shown, even the "small" vibrations of a shouting  
voice can affect things:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4

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