Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Eero Ahonen wrote:
>> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>>> OK. Cool. Now... if there's a problem with the disk, why wasn't it
>>> reported sooner? (Like, while there were still 2 working disks?)
>>>
>>
>> If there was 2 working disks earlier, why was the controller rebuilding
>> the array?
> 
> Because one disk stopped working.
> 

And it was replaced, right, 'cause the controller was rebuilding the
array? While rebuilding either A) one of the disks (the old with data or
the new, which replaced the broken one) broke down or B) the new disk
was already broken. In either case it's impossible to report the failure
before it exists.

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