Degraded RAID array on the server

I've been seeing messages in my inbox the last couple of days about a degraded RAID array on this server. I haven't bothered to look into it because I'm busy.

Well, last night, there was a leap second added to the world. Java doesn't play nicely with leap seconds ( http://bugs.sun.com/...do?bug_id=4272347 ). Twitter was all sorts of astir with people complaining about their Linux systems going crazy due to the leap second. So when I ssh'ed into the server this morning, I saw a load of over 6 (that's bad, but not UBER-crazy. I've seen loads north of 140 before.) So I decided to reboot the server.

Bad idea.

After about 20 minutes of the server not responding to further SSH requests, I finally went upstairs, turned on the monitor and plugged in a keyboard. Black screen. Hmmm. Reboot via the power button. I finally figured out that I had to add "bootdegraded=true" to the GRUB boot configuration. But that's probably not a long-term solution.

So I need to figure out what the long-term solution IS.

Just keeping you up-to-date as to what the story is. There's no solution yet.

Post #360,036 by mvitale 7/1/12 1:18:41 PM Reply	Degraded RAID array on the server I've been seeing messages in my inbox the last couple of days about a degraded RAID array on this server. I haven't bothered to look into it because I'm busy. Well, last night, there was a leap second added to the world. Java doesn't play nicely with leap seconds ( http://bugs.sun.com/...do?bug_id=4272347 ). Twitter was all sorts of astir with people complaining about their Linux systems going crazy due to the leap second. So when I ssh'ed into the server this morning, I saw a load of over 6 (that's bad, but not UBER-crazy. I've seen loads north of 140 before.) So I decided to reboot the server. Bad idea. After about 20 minutes of the server not responding to further SSH requests, I finally went upstairs, turned on the monitor and plugged in a keyboard. Black screen. Hmmm. Reboot via the power button. I finally figured out that I had to add "bootdegraded=true" to the GRUB boot configuration. But that's probably not a long-term solution. So I need to figure out what the long-term solution IS. Just keeping you up-to-date as to what the story is. There's no solution yet. -Mike @MikeVitale42 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #360,037 by Another Scott 7/1/12 2:24:07 PM Reply	Thanks for the update. Good luck. Let us know if you want some $ for new hardware. You've been very kind to us for a long time. Cheers, Scott.
Post #360,039 by folkert 7/1/12 3:51:39 PM Reply	Re: Degraded RAID array on the server Mike, I'm here 'til about 4:20PM ET... Back after 6:15PM ET. I get to Usher the 5PM service.

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