[tech] Mollitz disk

[Andrew Adamson]

On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, Matt Johnston wrote:

> On Mon 14/9/2015, at 11:54 am, Oscar Hermoso <cheese852 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> > 
> > - Mollitz bad disk has now failed, but is still in warranty
> >  - Consider buying a new disk, put the warranty disk into a desktop machine
> >  - This lets us get a new disk sooner
> >  - [BG3] moves to budget $160 for a 2TB drive for Mollitz
> >  - [MVP] seconds
> >  - Passes unanimously
> >  - [JDN] to purchase
> 
> I’ve got a 2tb hitachi disk sitting here doing nothing. It’s 2010 but don’t think it got used that much. Useful?
> 
> Matt
> 

It's worth a try I guess, but mollitz is super-picky about its disks. It 
has a Perc 5/i raid controller that doesn't get on well with some disk 
firmwares (especially those that spin down to save power). The problem is 
that it'll work fine for a day or so and then drop the raid, hence why I 
recommended that we simply replace the exact model of disk on warranty.

Andrew Adamson
bob at ucc.asn.au

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