tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post7499530549879639311..comments2024-03-17T15:34:05.492-06:00Comments on MPECS Inc. Blog: Dell RAID - PERC 6/i and 6/E - Still No Audible Alarm!Philip Elder Cluster MVPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06082028960643490292noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-76087732404163562012011-11-18T10:10:10.848-07:002011-11-18T10:10:10.848-07:00The catch will be whether the new H series RAID co...The catch will be whether the new H series RAID controllers are in the same boat.<br /><br />I think Dell made an assumption that folks would be setting up their monitoring software to fire off an e-mail in the event of a disk failure.<br /><br />Most folks that we have encountered with their products have not even installed it.<br /><br />PhilipPhilip Elder Cluster MVPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06082028960643490292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-75350304447475310502011-11-17T14:14:09.177-07:002011-11-17T14:14:09.177-07:00November 2011. Just got a PowerEdge T310 with a PE...November 2011. Just got a PowerEdge T310 with a PERC 6/i RAID card. poking around the BIOS I see an unchecked 'enable alarm' field. Try to check it and you can't... no alarm STILL. WTF!? What a crime!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512833903406506805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-16950731645761256892010-03-08T11:28:30.604-07:002010-03-08T11:28:30.604-07:00I am using a Perc 6/i on several servers and WD Ve...I am using a Perc 6/i on several servers and WD Velociraptors are constantly failing. I have the Dell OpenManage set to run a batch script that uses SendEmail (http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/) to notify me via email when there is a warning or failure. <br /><br />On a side note, DO NOT USe WD Veloicraptors in your Dell Server with RAID. The write speed is too fast and the drives become out of synch, and that is why they fail.jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05132540824239131370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-89539938607579777532009-06-18T13:39:38.369-06:002009-06-18T13:39:38.369-06:00If you have the DRAC card, they can notify by emai...If you have the DRAC card, they can notify by email when there is a failure, FYI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com