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On 28/12/2021 09:30, William Kenworthy wrote: |
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> A point to keep in mind - if you can feel the drive moving it may be |
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> generating errors! Depending on the drive, the errors may just be |
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> handled internally and I can see it slowing things down though probably |
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> would be barely noticeable. I have seen it myself with random errors |
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> from a WD green drive disappearing when properly immobilised. When |
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> investigating I ran across articles discussing the problem, one of which |
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> fastened the drives to a granite slab for tests! Also see discussions |
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> on NAS seups and vibrations affecting co located drives. |
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> BillK |
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> ** Interesting read |
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> https://www.ept.ca/features/everything-need-know-hard-drive-vibration/ |
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Have you got the link to the follow-on article? I'd love to put them |
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both on the linux raid wiki. |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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