Sorry for the confusion. Two drives sda and sdb are mirrored with RAID 1 Getting errors on sda. I removed the sda, and moved sdb into the sda position However, I am still getting the same errors on the sda. Robert Canary OCDirect Electrical-Datacomm (866) 594-0786 Fax (270) 955-0362 Voice ----- Original Message ----- > On 07/25/12 07:18, Robert Canary wrote: > > I have RHEL machine here that becomes so unresponsive the mail > > server > > it is hosting practically stops. It is currently running a mirrored > > drive between sda and sdb. I have been getting the following errors > > in the log files, so I moved the mirrored drive to sda and disabled > > the (old) sda. Currently the system seems to be stable again, > > however, I am still getting these errors. > > I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you did. You mention two > drives, > and then "the (old) sda". ? > > Next, is this RAID 1? > > > > Any ideas where to go to fix it. Could it be bad sectors where > > transferred to the mirrored drive? Running smartmontools-5.3 I > > No. Bad sectors are *physical* errors on the platter. > <snip> > mark > > -- > When was the pleistocene? > Around 1.8 million years ago, til about 10K years ago. > What era are we in now? > Trouble. > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list