Hi, Tru64 Managers :)
I will try to be the most exact and short possible since this is a hard one.
*PLEASE* If you start reading, go to the end! :)
I've just bought a KZPAC-CB with battery backup (RAID 3-channel) and 2
DS-RZ1CB-VW (4,3Gb UW 40Mb/s - blue ones).
I umounted the BA356-SB (StorageWorks) from the 4100 and made a split bus.
Already on the machine were 2 RZ29B-VW (4,3Gb UW 20Mb/s - green ones) and 1
RZ1CB-VW (also blue).
So I had a RAID card with 3 channels and 5 4,3GB HDs to play. I set a RAID5
Logical Drive 0 on Channel 0 and Channel 1.
Re-installed the system and everything seemed ok!
One day after, it fails one of the blue disks. I haven't installed the
SWXCR monitor yet. Rebuilt it.
Installed the monitor, because I wasn't expecting it to fail so soon!!
After 4 days, same drive fails again. Rebuilt it. After 2 hours same drive
fails. Again rebuilt...
Some minutes after, another blue drive has misc errors.
After 4 hours, that drive fails!
And after some hours the blue drive that had the lastest misc error, also
fails.
And so, the system goes down with 2 drives from the RAID 5 failed!!
Well, after some work I made the system optimal again. There is still one
drive that formats OK, but fails when rebuilding.
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The most EXTRAORDINARY problem is that we have ANOTHER 4100 over here, with
a factory assembled KZPAC (similiar to the one I bought).
And one day, they bought also 2 RZ1CB-VW blue HDs. All the other 5 HD were
RZ29B-VW, and the SW was a BA356-SB.
THAY HAD THE SAME EXACTLY PROBLEM!!!
DEC sent several times a person to fix the problem. After 15 days of
non-sucess, DEC just put 2 used RZ29B (green one) and the system NEVER had
a problem since then..
Maybe that's what I should do with mine?!
Please, if someone has some experience like this one, Email-me and I will
SUMM it ..
This is a very BAD thing from Compaq and we are very unhappy with that...
The used drives are still here, and the 4100's are a near-critical machines.
Sorry for the looooong mail.
Yours,
Joao Rochate
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Received on Sun Feb 07 1999 - 01:11:20 NZDT