Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751729AbWHSLrb (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:47:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751730AbWHSLrb (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:47:31 -0400 Received: from lucidpixels.com ([66.45.37.187]:34253 "EHLO lucidpixels.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751726AbWHSLra (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:47:30 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:47:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Justin Piszcz X-X-Sender: jpiszcz@p34.internal.lan To: Andrew Baker cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Daily crashes, incorrect RAID behaviour In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <13e988610608150436y6812f623p9919b2d5b1989427@mail.gmail.com> <200608151545.49345@bj-ig.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1353 Lines: 44 On Sat, 19 Aug 2006, Andrew Baker wrote: > We too are having the same problem and the only obviously common factor is > Maxtor SATA HDD. > > We have two identical systems - 64 bit - 2 x Dual Opterons, 8Gb Ram running > Novell/SUSE SLES10. Both systems are showing the problem. > > In our case the RAID controller is > > 3ware Escalade 9550SX - 8LP > > And the HDD are: > > Maxtor MaxLine III (7V250F0) 250GB SATA II > > The symptoms here are almost exactly as you describe. A disc "drops out" once > every week or two and the only way to clear the problem is a power cycle - or > remove and replace the HDD (our system is hot-swap). > > Regards > > Andrew > > - > 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/ > I had the same problem with a 3ware 2 port IDE raid controller, 7006-2. One drive would always drop out under heavy I/O. Made me sick. Moved to SW raid, all problems went away. Justin. - 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/