bad sector in gmirror HDD

[Diane Bruce]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 01:34:41PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote:
> On Aug 19, 2011, at 11:24 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 09:39:17PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote:
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> >> Information such as this?  http://beta.freebsddiary.org/smart-fixing-bad-sector.php
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> > 3) A very high temperature of 51C (SMART attribute 194).  If this drive
> > is in an enclosure or in a system with no fans this would be

...

eh? What's the temperature of the second drive?

...

> This is an older system.  I suspect insufficient ventilation.  I'll look at getting
> a new case fan, if not some HDD fans.

...

> > I still suggest you replace the drive, although given its age I doubt

Older drive and errors starting to happen, replace ASAP.

> > you'll be able to find a suitable replacement.  I tend to keep disks
> > like this around for testing/experimental purposes and not for actual
> > use.
> 
> I have several unused 80GB HDD I can place into this system.  I think that's
> what I'll wind up doing.  But I'd like to follow this process through and get it documented
> for future reference.

If the data is valuable, the sooner the better. 
It's actually somewhat saner if the two drives are not from the same lot.


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- Diane
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