On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 AndyLiebman@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Thanks for your previous replies. But could you be a little more specific?
>
> 1) What do you mean by "probably a hardware issue"?
I/O errors typically point to failing or failed hardware.
> 2) Is there danger that the xfs filesystem on this RAID has somehow lost its
> integrity or has become corrupted? Or was the metadata eventually read?
> (I've seen the same error 3 times in the logs -- over the course of 2 days).
I'm not sure, but i'd say that its possible, especially if the drive is
dying.
> 3) Should I be running xfs_repair? Or, is there anything else I that I CAN
> and/or SHOULD do to:
> -- a) investigate the error, or
> -- b) correct the error
It can never hurt to run xfs_repair, however just because there is no
filesystem corruption doesn't mean that you don't have a problem.
If your drive(s) are SMART capable, it would be a good idea to check that
now.
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