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Thanks for the response. Do you have any recommendations on how to proceed? I need help determining if fsck is the correct way to resolve the error above.
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Thanks for the response. Do you have any recommendations on how to proceed? I need help determining if fsck is the correct way to resolve the error above.

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Hi,<br />
<br />
I recently inherited a server that has been routinely generating the following syslog entry:<br />
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kernel: EXT3-fs error (device md(9,3)): ext3_free_blocks: Freeing blocks not in datazone - block = 6521216, count = 1 <br />
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I've done a little research and some sources recommend running an fsck. Does anyone else have recommendations for this? This system has a RAID. Does that affect how I need to run fsck? Can fsck be run on the server if it's in production with no worries? The previous owner is unavailable for advice or history.<br />
<br />
Thanks in advance.
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Hi,

I recently inherited a server that has been routinely generating the following syslog entry:

kernel: EXT3-fs error (device md(9,3)): ext3_free_blocks: Freeing blocks not in datazone - block = 6521216, count = 1 

I've done a little research and some sources recommend running an fsck. Does anyone else have recommendations for this? This system has a RAID. Does that affect how I need to run fsck? Can fsck be run on the server if it's in production with no worries? The previous owner is unavailable for advice or history.

Thanks in advance.

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