imminent disk failure ?

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

you never can exclude it, but did you check the cabling?

It is not always the drive itself.

Erich

H. S. wrote:
> Hi gang,
> 
> I have a server running 4.X for almost two years now, without problems -
> rock solid as it should be - yesterday the server became unresponsive, now
> that I have access again, and while checking the logs, I found this as the
> last message before the unresponsiveness:
> 
> /kernel: ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting
> 
> The next message is the system getting back on, 1hour later.
> 
> I have not changed anything kernel-related on this system for a long time
> (jul 2004), just apply the occasional kernel patch and rebuild/reboot the
> system. I never encountered this problem before. Could this message mean
> this disk is giving its last breaths ?
> 
> BTW- 4.10-STABLE system.
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
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