2 SAN disks failing during the same overnight period

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Published on 2010-06-14T13:02:55Z Indexed on 2010/06/14 13:13 UTC
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We have 2 HP Lefthand SAN servers in separate data rooms. Last week each of the SANs had 1 hard disk fail. They were in different positions on the SANs. Both data rooms are very well protected from power issues with UPS.

Any ideas of what could have influenced this?

Thanks, Carl

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