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Re: What does I/O error mean in logs?

To: AndyLiebman@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: What does I/O error mean in logs?
From: Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:20:05 -0500 (EST)
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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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