Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261555AbUKGIWS (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Nov 2004 03:22:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261558AbUKGIWS (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Nov 2004 03:22:18 -0500 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:13759 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261555AbUKGIWQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Nov 2004 03:22:16 -0500 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: deadlock with 2.6.9 Organization: Deban GNU/Linux Homesite In-Reply-To: <200411070058_MC3-1-8E27-AAEF@compuserve.com> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.6-20040906 ("Baleshare") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.8.1 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 09:22:14 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 801 Lines: 20 In article <200411070058_MC3-1-8E27-AAEF@compuserve.com> you wrote: > Get a real RAID controller (3Ware, not some crappy pseudo-RAID junk.) They are > much more reliable than software RAID. On what sample do you base this claim? Generally hardware raid sooner or later makes problems (especially if you run raid5 in degenerate mode or try to rebuild by disk replacing with differen/old signature). Also bus hangs are commonly not very well received by hw raid firmware or drivers. Issues with software raid are usually quicker to spot. Greetings Bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/