Hi.
I have a PowerEdge 830. Windows 2003. RAID array with 4 drives.
Recently we have been having an issue with the server freezing and the amber warning light flashing. When we reboot, the system is fine. Sometimes for days, other times for just a couple of hours before it freezes again.
From my research, seems like it could be a wide variety of things including power supply, RAM, drives. I'm kind of guessing it's a drive since Windows freezes...the computer doesn't shut down.
My question is how do I know which drive is failing? There is a group of 4 letters..ABCD to the right of the amber light. They are all glowing green. I looked at the event log, but it doesn't show what the problem is. It just shows a warning that the computer was restarted after an unexpected shutdown.
I'm fairly knowledgeable about desktops, but my experience with servers is a bit more limited, so I'm not sure what to try next. Any thoughts on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated!
Scott