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d-null · 07-05-2009, 10:20 PM

just curious what types of issues could cause this to be a recurring situation?

Bullet · 07-06-2009, 04:06 AM

bad HW or not properly configured SW.

seeandsee · 07-06-2009, 04:10 AM

who will know

ok_ok_ok · 07-06-2009, 04:31 AM

onedree · 07-06-2009, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by d-null

just curious what types of issues could cause this to be a recurring situation?

It is very frustrating for me too.

WiredGuy · 07-06-2009, 05:45 AM

Most of the time when this happens to me its a sign of a hardware failure. I usually have the host swap out the hardware and the problem goes away.
WG

rowan · 07-06-2009, 09:27 AM

I had a frustrating ongoing problem with a new server recently - it has two identical HDs in a mirror configuration, but for some reason every HD that was plugged into the second port misbehaved. Some showed errors, and all had read/write speeds that were way off (eg 7-8Mbytes/sec when it should have been 80+Mbytes/sec). I think there's been a total of 4 different drives plugged into that second port now, a couple of new SATA cables, and finally a new power supply unit... which seems to have solved the problem. It's lucky I thought of the PSU as we were just about to do a swap to a new server.

rowan · 07-06-2009, 09:29 AM

^ I should add that apart from knowing through synthetic testing that something was very wrong, the issue with the second HD manifested itself as a server that was brought to its knees when put under a reasonably gentle load. The second SATA port was flat out at 100% when the first was only doing 10%.

d-null · 07-06-2009, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by rowan

^ I should add that apart from knowing through synthetic testing that something was very wrong, the issue with the second HD manifested itself as a server that was brought to its knees when put under a reasonably gentle load. The second SATA port was flat out at 100% when the first was only doing 10%.

interesting, I could see a situation like this driving a person crazy trying to figure out what is going on

niche25 · 07-06-2009, 02:22 PM

Shit hardware, poor cooling, etc.

V_RocKs · 07-06-2009, 03:50 PM

I dunno... I usually ICQ you to find this out ;)

sandman! · 07-06-2009, 06:34 PM

a company selling 1000 gigs bandwith for $8 a month on virtual accounts ?

wtf do you expect when there are 1000 accounts loaded on 1 server ?

if your not talking about some shitty virtual hosting disregard my post

Supz · 07-06-2009, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowan

I had a frustrating ongoing problem with a new server recently - it has two identical HDs in a mirror configuration, but for some reason every HD that was plugged into the second port misbehaved. Some showed errors, and all had read/write speeds that were way off (eg 7-8Mbytes/sec when it should have been 80+Mbytes/sec). I think there's been a total of 4 different drives plugged into that second port now, a couple of new SATA cables, and finally a new power supply unit... which seems to have solved the problem. It's lucky I thought of the PSU as we were just about to do a swap to a new server.

I always wonder why in a hosting environment, people always use SATA, in any kind of real environment, SATA is only used for data storage, not to be used in production.

EDIT.
4K! (sorry for the thread jack)

ProG · 07-06-2009, 06:49 PM

old hardware, out-dated software, unoptimized configs, poor maintenance, etc. basically it comes down to how seriously the host takes your business.

Supz · 07-06-2009, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ProG

old hardware, out-dated software, unoptimized configs, poor maintenance, etc. basically it comes down to how seriously the host takes your business.

Problem solved!

rowan · 07-06-2009, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by supzdotcom

I always wonder why in a hosting environment, people always use SATA, in any kind of real environment, SATA is only used for data storage, not to be used in production.

Does it make you feel any better if I tell you they're enterprise grade SATA drives?

I'm sure a dodgy PSU would have affected just about any drive.

sandman! · 07-06-2009, 09:37 PM

i think your just cursed i see you post about your hd failures all the time im pretty sure i have 20x more servers then you and i haven't had anywhere near as many hd failures as you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowan

^ I should add that apart from knowing through synthetic testing that something was very wrong, the issue with the second HD manifested itself as a server that was brought to its knees when put under a reasonably gentle load. The second SATA port was flat out at 100% when the first was only doing 10%.

TurboAngel · 07-07-2009, 08:16 AM

The only one I had that kind of prob with was Candid.

Wiredoctor · 07-07-2009, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by onedree

It is very frustrating for me too.

I am sorry but that coming from someone with a webair banner in their sig just makes me laugh..

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rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	I had a frustrating ongoing problem with a new server recently - it has two identical HDs in a mirror configuration, but for some reason every HD that was plugged into the second port misbehaved. Some showed errors, and all had read/write speeds that were way off (eg 7-8Mbytes/sec when it should have been 80+Mbytes/sec). I think there's been a total of 4 different drives plugged into that second port now, a couple of new SATA cables, and finally a new power supply unit... which seems to have solved the problem. It's lucky I thought of the PSU as we were just about to do a swap to a new server.

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