singing hard drive

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,

Fedora 28 x64

I have a server at a customer site whose hard drive
(mechanical) is constantly singing/rattling.

How would you chase down the offender?

Many thanks,
-T

[Joe Zeff]

On 09/14/2018 10:15 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>  Hi All,
>  
>  Fedora 28 x64
>  
>  I have a server at a customer site whose hard drive
>  (mechanical) is constantly singing/rattling.
>  
>  How would you chase down the offender? 
Replace the drive before it fails.

[ToddAndMargo]

On 09/14/2018 09:58 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>  On 09/14/2018 10:15 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Fedora 28 x64
> >
> > I have a server at a customer site whose hard drive
> > (mechanical) is constantly singing/rattling.
> >
> > How would you chase down the offender?
>  
>  Replace the drive before it fails. 
It is in an RSTe raid 1 pair

I am trying to figure out who is doing all the 
writes and/or reads to/from the hard drive

[fred roller]

Assuming you need to find it in a cluster of drives... go to the auto-parts
store.  They have a stethoscope like tool for finding rattling in engines.
Place on each drive (assuming you have physical access) until you find the
offender.  They can be got for around $10US and are called Mechanic's
Stethoscope.

-- Fred

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 10:33 PM ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com&gt; wrote:

>  On 09/14/2018 09:58 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>  > On 09/14/2018 10:15 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>  >> Hi All,
>  >>
>  >> Fedora 28 x64
>  >>
>  >> I have a server at a customer site whose hard drive
>  >> (mechanical) is constantly singing/rattling.
>  >>
>  >> How would you chase down the offender?
>  >
>  > Replace the drive before it fails.
>
>  It is in an RSTe raid 1 pair
>
>  I am trying to figure out who is doing all the
>  writes and/or reads to/from the hard drive
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[ToddAndMargo]

On 09/14/2018 11:35 PM, fred roller wrote:
>  Assuming you need to find it in a cluster of drives... go to the 
>  auto-parts store.  They have a stethoscope like tool for finding 
>  rattling in engines.  Place on each drive (assuming you have physical 
>  access) until you find the offender.  They can be got for around $10US 
>  and are called Mechanic's Stethoscope.
>  
>  -- Fred 
All the world is a comedian.  I couldn't have resisted either.

:-)

[stan]

On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 22:32:21 -0700
ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com&gt; wrote:

>  I am trying to figure out who is doing all the 
>  writes and/or reads to/from the hard drive 
iotop

[ToddAndMargo]

On 09/15/2018 08:42 AM, stan wrote:
>  On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 22:32:21 -0700
>  ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com&gt; wrote:
>  
> > I am trying to figure out who is doing all the
> > writes and/or reads to/from the hard drive
>  
>  iotop 
Thank you!