I have a Raid 5 array running on Sil3132. 5 1TB Drives and everything seems fine and dandy to create the array. But when it comes time to rebuild the array, it always seems to fail, giving me an error in the logs that reads...(Sense Data 70:00:04:00:80:000000....00 (ScsiError) ) and then goes on to say that a drive drops from the array. It goes through the rebuild process and the dropped drive is then converted to a spare.
I then delete the array and create a new one which takes 2 1/2 days. Once it's up and running it works fine until something causes it to fail again. Originally it was on reboots it would try to rebuild again but I have been able to fix that problem. Lately it has been during the transfer of files to the array, a drive will drop and the rebuild process will start and never be able to complete. Always ending in a Sense Data ..... (ScsiError). I've tried switching cables as well as PCIe slots. This only seems to be a temporary fix until the next time something happens and it tries to rebuild.
Any suggestions/recommendations?
Also, any alternatives to storing mass amounts of data and a way to protect it from drives failing? I got a lot of stuff I want to protect and since every drive dies at some point, I would like a way to keep it without having to use backup tapes.
If it is the same member of the array having the error, would it be logical to try plugging in a new drive to replace the one that keeps having the error and seeing if that helps?
I then delete the array and create a new one which takes 2 1/2 days. Once it's up and running it works fine until something causes it to fail again. Originally it was on reboots it would try to rebuild again but I have been able to fix that problem. Lately it has been during the transfer of files to the array, a drive will drop and the rebuild process will start and never be able to complete. Always ending in a Sense Data ..... (ScsiError). I've tried switching cables as well as PCIe slots. This only seems to be a temporary fix until the next time something happens and it tries to rebuild.
Any suggestions/recommendations?
Also, any alternatives to storing mass amounts of data and a way to protect it from drives failing? I got a lot of stuff I want to protect and since every drive dies at some point, I would like a way to keep it without having to use backup tapes.
If it is the same member of the array having the error, would it be logical to try plugging in a new drive to replace the one that keeps having the error and seeing if that helps?