Thursday, October 11, 2007

Check your Firmware!

My most recent server problem (Satan and Raid 5) was caused not by a faulty or two faulty disks, but by a bad firmware in the Raid controller card that was sent to me by Dell. I used to check all my firmware / controller firmware / bios, etc at regular intervals, but since I started at the Church there just doesn't seem to be time... EVERYONE should double check thier firmware on thier Dell servers... Don't get stuck rebuilding! Anyway, the server rebuilt wonderfully, and I was able to Document (cough, cough) this time.



Pray for servers without ceasing!

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