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jonhewer   07-28-2008 at 04:53:53 PM

Hi,

I recently bought two 750gb Samsung Spinpoint hard drives which I have installed into my Dell PowerEdge SC440 server. The drives are mirrored using software raid. I am running Debian Etch.

I've noticed that when I shut down the computer, there is a single click from each drive. It is quite noticeable above the normal operating noise and the noise from the case fans etc. I haven't experienced any problems with them otherwise.

Given that I get this from both drives, I think I'd be very unlucky if they were both faulty.

However, I was wondering whether there might be any BIOS settings or Debian/RAID configuration that might be the problem?

Thanks,
Jon

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SyphenX   07-28-2008 at 05:25:11 PM
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I'm not sure, but I have the same clicking noise with my 250gb WDs in RAID. Was wondering the same thing, anyone have any info? I hope they're not going bad :(

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jaguarskx   07-28-2008 at 08:58:18 PM
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Perhaps it is the sound that's made when the read/write heads are parked?

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jtt283   07-28-2008 at 09:06:07 PM
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Yes, it is the drive heads retracting into their parked position. No worries.

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jonhewer   07-29-2008 at 09:25:15 AM
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Cool, thanks for reassuring me that it's normal :-)

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bandras   07-29-2008 at 10:08:14 AM
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though that sound is very worrying, it is indeed healthy. it is controlled by software, eg windows xp doesn't click the hdd during shutdown, vista does.

there is also a downside of this: it takes more time to shutdown, and fire up the hdd at the next boot.

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