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So I have this nice new ABMX box running FC5 for my main server. It is a great setup, and it is small (1U). The unfortunate part is that the raid array keeps degrading. This box has a 3Ware 7006-2 running two WDC WD3200JB harddrives. At first everything was fine. After two or three days, I got a notice that I had a drive error (0x0F:0x000A), and that the raid 1 array was now a single drive. I went into the nice 3DM2 and started a rebuild. It worked fine and ran for about 2 more days as a raid system. It then failed again. This time it had a controller error (0x0F:0x0004).

At this point in time, I contacted 3Wares technical support. They were fast to respond to email, and they recommended I try different cables. I gave that a try (using 3ware certified cables even), but it was the same problem. I emailed them again and they recommended I try swapping drives and seeing if the error moved, or if the same drive had issues. At this point I got a little frustrated and ordered a new WD3200JB drive. I figure if the drive is bad that is in the box, I can replace it with this new one and RMA the old one. If the drive isn't bad, I now have a new drive for backup on my main computer.

I have been staying busy with life lately. It would seem that keeping current information on a website is harder than originally anticipated.

Lately I have been keeping busy with work and flying my Blade CP. I have also been working on building a work bench in my computer room. Fascinating stuff!

Part of being a good child is helping your parents in areas they struggle. My parents struggle in HTML areas :-)