FC4 RAID1 DegradedArray event

[Michael J. Pawlowsky]

George Pappas wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have been experiencing some problems with my RAID1 configuration.  I
> am using two 160GB Seagate drives that have been configured
> identically ie
>
> /dev/sba has the same partions.
>
> /proc/mdstat reveals that the Raid Array has lost the sda drive, this
> had occured earlier but only dropped part of the sda drive not all.  I
> was able to add the drive back by using mdadm... but 2 days later this
> has happened again.  Has anyone else had this problem? or is able to
> guide to further diagnosing my situation.


Looks like you might have a bad drive. Use smartctl to analyze the drive.
Surely when mdadm removed it said why. Did it complain about bad sectors?

Also just curious but why so many partitions?