Drive Placement In DELL Server
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OCD crisis averted.
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Stand down everyone, stand down.
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I think it's just me that needs stand downing.
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I didn't know you could go in whatever pattern. I always filled from 0-x
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@wrx7m said:
I didn't know you could go in whatever pattern. I always filled from 0-x
I always thought you had to do that as well.
And even though it always worked with gaps, wondered if it would cause issues.
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@BRRABill said:
@wrx7m said:
I didn't know you could go in whatever pattern. I always filled from 0-x
I always thought you had to do that as well.
And even though it always worked with gaps, wondered if it would cause issues.
The only problems random drive placement may cause is when replacing failed drives, by the person pulling the wrong drive..... which shouldn't be an issue, you have documentation on where each drive is, right? RIGHT?
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@travisdh1 said:
@BRRABill said:
@wrx7m said:
I didn't know you could go in whatever pattern. I always filled from 0-x
I always thought you had to do that as well.
And even though it always worked with gaps, wondered if it would cause issues.
The only problems random drive placement may cause is when replacing failed drives, by the person pulling the wrong drive..... which shouldn't be an issue, you have documentation on where each drive is, right? RIGHT?
Most alerts I get tell me which bay the drive is in. Not sure if that is the same on Dell servers?
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@coliver said:
@travisdh1 said:
@BRRABill said:
@wrx7m said:
I didn't know you could go in whatever pattern. I always filled from 0-x
I always thought you had to do that as well.
And even though it always worked with gaps, wondered if it would cause issues.
The only problems random drive placement may cause is when replacing failed drives, by the person pulling the wrong drive..... which shouldn't be an issue, you have documentation on where each drive is, right? RIGHT?
Most alerts I get tell me which bay the drive is in. Not sure if that is the same on Dell servers?
On the server with a real RAID adapter it'll tell me, but my software based RAIDs generally aren't so nice because they don't know.
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@travisdh1 said:
@BRRABill said:
@wrx7m said:
I didn't know you could go in whatever pattern. I always filled from 0-x
I always thought you had to do that as well.
And even though it always worked with gaps, wondered if it would cause issues.
The only problems random drive placement may cause is when replacing failed drives, by the person pulling the wrong drive..... which shouldn't be an issue, you have documentation on where each drive is, right? RIGHT?
How would putting them in specific slots mitigate that issue?
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@travisdh1 said:
@coliver said:
@travisdh1 said:
@BRRABill said:
@wrx7m said:
I didn't know you could go in whatever pattern. I always filled from 0-x
I always thought you had to do that as well.
And even though it always worked with gaps, wondered if it would cause issues.
The only problems random drive placement may cause is when replacing failed drives, by the person pulling the wrong drive..... which shouldn't be an issue, you have documentation on where each drive is, right? RIGHT?
Most alerts I get tell me which bay the drive is in. Not sure if that is the same on Dell servers?
On the server with a real RAID adapter it'll tell me, but my software based RAIDs generally aren't so nice because they don't know.
I guess if you put them in one at a time and set them up, you'd know then.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@travisdh1 said:
@coliver said:
@travisdh1 said:
@BRRABill said:
@wrx7m said:
I didn't know you could go in whatever pattern. I always filled from 0-x
I always thought you had to do that as well.
And even though it always worked with gaps, wondered if it would cause issues.
The only problems random drive placement may cause is when replacing failed drives, by the person pulling the wrong drive..... which shouldn't be an issue, you have documentation on where each drive is, right? RIGHT?
Most alerts I get tell me which bay the drive is in. Not sure if that is the same on Dell servers?
On the server with a real RAID adapter it'll tell me, but my software based RAIDs generally aren't so nice because they don't know.
I guess if you put them in one at a time and set them up, you'd know then.
Bet you'd never guess that I've about bit myself doing this a number of times.
