Mac Pro :: Failure Detected - Previous Drive Status Unassigned
Jan 28, 2010
Firstly here's my config...
MacPro4,1
x2 Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2.93 GHz
Intel X25-M 160 GB SSD (startup disk - second optical bay)
Apple Raid Card
x4 300 GB VelociRaptor - WD3000HLFS (Raid 0 set - 1.2 TB)
Quadro FX 4800
16 GB RAM
Now, to the issue...
When I start up this Mac I receive the following error via the Raid Utility...
Drive 0: failure detected - Previous drive status was unassigned
The Raid Set is not mounted and one of the VR drives are not displaying within the set. I can also not mount the Raid Set at this point. So I then clear the event within the Raid Utility and I then restart the Mac and all is good. No Raid errors, the Raid set (volume) is mounted and all 4 VR drives are present within the set. There is no data loss on the Raid Set and the cycle continues. Basically, I have to go through this procedure every time I startup.
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