On 18 October 2012 12:56, Stan Hoeppner <stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/17/2012 2:03 PM, Mathias Burén wrote: > >> There are no CRC errors so I doubt the cable is at fault. In any way, >> I've RMA'd drives for less, and an RMA is underway for this drive. >> Just need to wait for the reshape to finish so I can get in the >> server. Btw, with a few holes drilled this bad boy holds 7 3.5" HDDs >> no problem: http://www.antec.com/productPSU.php?id=30&pid=3 > > It would seem you didn't mod the airflow of the case along with the > increased drive count. The NSK1380 has really poor airflow to begin > with: a single PSU mounted 120mm super low RPM fan. Antec is currently > shipping the NSK1380 with an additional PCI slot centrifugal fan to help > overcome the limitations of the native design. > > You bought crap drives, WD20EARS, then improperly modded a case to house > more than twice the design limit of HDDs. > > I'd say you stacked the deck against yourself here Mathias. > > -- > Stan > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Now now, the setup is working like a charm. Disk failures happen all the time. There's an additional 120mm at the bottom, blowing up towards the 7 HDDs. I bought "crap" drives because they were cheap. In the 2 years a total of 3 drives have failed, but the array has never failed. I'm very pleased with it (HTPC, with an ION board and 4x SATA PCI-E controller for E10) Mathias -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
