[Peter Dunphy]

Just got a failure on the Seagate NL35 1.0TB SATA 3.5 7200rpm 32MB Cache – ST31000340NS.

Running on the 7 drives now and have ordered a replacement which will arrive on Monday.

Will have to request a replacement from Seagate once I’ve removed the faulted the faulted drive (to obtain its serial number)

Am hastily copying the contents of the Raid 5 (just over 1TB) onto 2 spare 1Tb drives I have.

I dread to think where I’d be if I had, say, 6TB of data on the Raid 5 and only 2TB of backup drives.

Am crossing my fingers right now praying that another of the Raid 5 drives doesn’t go down, especially after hearing how unreliable Seagate drives can be on this forum!

As per 23 in the instruction booklet, I haven’t been able to see an LED light to represent the faulted drive on the Fusion enclosure, which has me worried as I’m not sure which faulted drive I should remove. It’s index number is 4. However, in the Raid 5 list it states under Usage Raid 5 (5) because it’s fifth-down on that list.

Will contact Sonnet but if any of you can enlighten me in the meantime with any tips I’d really appreciate it.

Update: Email I sent to Sonnet (a guy called David there has been helpful in the past)

“Is there an alternative way for me to discover which is the faulted drive that I should remove and replace?

I unfortunately had a drive failure of one of the Seagate NL35 1.0TB SATA 3.5 7200rpm 32MB Cache – ST31000340NS drives.

As per 23 in the D800 instruction booklet, I haven’t been able to see an LED light to represent the faulted drive on the Fusion enclosure, which has me worried as I’m not sure which faulted drive I should remove.

Its index number is 4.

However, in the Raid 5 list it states under Usage Raid 5 (5) because it’s fifth-down on that list.

I’ve tried the Raid CLI tab and typed Blockdevidentify 4 but the bottom LED light on the enclosure remains off while the rest of the enclosure LEDs (all except the bottom) remain lit.

When I try Blockevidstop the bottom LED light still remains off. Again, the rest of the LEDs (all except the bottom) on the enclosure remain lit.

Any tips would be really appreciated – my heart’s in my mouth with worry! :o)

Warm regards

Peter”

2 x 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3, ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATTO ExpressSAS R380, Sonnet D800 Raid 5

[Peter Dunphy]

Sorry for double post.

Thanks again David. Will look into Dust Off for my keyboard also.

All the best

Peter

2 x 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3, ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATTO ExpressSAS R380, Sonnet D800 Raid 5

[Peter Dunphy]

Hi David

Brilliant advice, thanks!

Shall gather my vacuum cleaner and dry paint brush and give it a go.

Thanks again

Peter

2 x 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3, ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATTO ExpressSAS R380, Sonnet D800 Raid 5

[Peter Dunphy]

Hi David

Can you suggest anything for cleaning dust that’s got inside a MacPro through the vents please? I was about to install my new harddrive but noticed some and was scared of disturbing it!

All the best

Peter

2 x 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3, ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATTO ExpressSAS R380, Sonnet D800 Raid 5

[Peter Dunphy]

Just wondering about what kind of air can cleaning you perform on your Mac?

I’m eager to clean mine before inserting a new hard drive I’ve bought.

2 x 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3, ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATTO ExpressSAS R380, Sonnet D800 Raid 5

[Peter Dunphy]

Solved this bad boy again thank God – when exporting as Quicktime file from FCP, I chose ProRes 422 1440 x1080.

I have a motion item that’s at the higher size (to be fixed later but time is of the essence now so I have to proceed with the QT export) so perhaps that was causing the seq to be funky.

2 x 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3, ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATTO ExpressSAS R380, Sonnet D800 Raid 5

[Peter Dunphy]

Thanks for your kind advice Eric

Upon exporting from FCP to a self-contained QT a bad blurring/mild tracing effect during the fast moving sequences is already noticeable – I checked my export setting is correctly Top First and have fiddled with settings but still getting a blur during fast sequences.

2 x 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3, ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATTO ExpressSAS R380, Sonnet D800 Raid 5

[Peter Dunphy]

Okay solved again – just put the AAC audio setting to Best.

Now just one more problem – I have some fast sports sequences in my edit and they appear very blurry/tracey.

Is there a way I can remove the blur please?

2 x 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3, ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATTO ExpressSAS R380, Sonnet D800 Raid 5

[Peter Dunphy]

Ach – still getting faint crackling when i play the H264 file in Quicktime.

I exported the ProRes 422 movie as self-contained Quicktime file in FCP6.

I dropped this file into Compressor, chose H264 and AAC audio (instead of the default PCM audio).

Any tips about what I could do to solve this would be really appreciated.

Warm regards

Peter

2 x 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3, ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATTO ExpressSAS R380, Sonnet D800 Raid 5

[Peter Dunphy]

Fantastic!

Solved it! Noticed in Compressor in the Inspector for H264 that I can simply switch the audio from PCM to AAC without having to actually add in a new, separate AAC Setting.

Can relax now! Hope you’re all having a great week and looking forward to Snow Leopard!

2 x 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3, ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATTO ExpressSAS R380, Sonnet D800 Raid 5