Disk reporting error - should I shut down array until I can replace?

[volcs0]

Single parity system. One disk (8) is reporting an error. Diagnostics attached.

Should I shut down the array until I can replace the disk? I am out of town, so it will be at least 48 hours before I can replace it.

Thanks.

tower-diagnostics-20231108-1658.zip

[JorgeB]

It's up to you, if the server is not being heavily used probably the same risk to leave it on, btw the disk dropped offline, most likely a power/connection issue, but since it dropped there's no SMART report.

[volcs0]

9 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

It's up to you, if the server is not being heavily used probably the same risk to leave it on, btw the disk dropped offline, most likely a power/connection issue, but since it dropped there's no SMART report.

But if another drive happens to fail, I'm screwed, right? 

I have a full backup on a set of external drives offsite - but it would be a long painful process to rebuild and reconstruct everything...

[JorgeB]

9 minutes ago, volcs0 said:

But if another drive happens to fail, I'm screwed, right?

If it really fails you can lose the data from the two failed disks.

[volcs0]

12 hours ago, JorgeB said:

If it really fails you can lose the data from the two failed disks.

Thanks. I shut it down and will replace the drive tonight and hope nothing else fails during the rebuild.

Edited November 9, 2023 by volcs0