From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 26 14:46:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC8BC106564A; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:46:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 587A48FC12; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:46:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5QEkBbK041987; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:46:13 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20080626094444.02549590@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:46:09 -0500 To: "Garrett Cooper" , "Casey Scott" From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <7d6fde3d0806260738o1dfc5e33o8133d4d8e1f5d812@mail.gmail.co m> References: <6.0.0.22.2.20080626091608.0259b610@mail.computinginnovations.com> <32783721.01214490627455.JavaMail.root@tomcat.phantombsd.org> <7d6fde3d0806260738o1dfc5e33o8133d4d8e1f5d812@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080626-0, 06/26/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93/6806/Wed Apr 16 15:50:16 2008 on betty.computinginnovations.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: m5QEkBbK041987 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: current@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:46:33 -0000 At 09:38 AM 6/26/2008, Garrett Cooper wrote: >On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Casey Scott wrote: > > > > ----- "Derek Ragona" wrote: > > > >> At 08:49 AM 6/26/2008, Garrett Cooper wrote: > >> >Hello, > >> > First off sorry for the cross-post. I typically don't do this > >> >but this is an important question, so please bear with me. I'm just > >> >trying to get more eyes on the subject so I can (maybe) get a reply > >> >quicker... > >> > I'm running 8-CURRENT on my machine and it appears that one > >> of > >> >the disks in my RAID5 array has taken a nose dive (BIOS recognizes > >> >that it exists, but Intel Matrix Manager claims that the disk is an > >> >"Offline Member"). After doing some reading it appears that it's > >> >kaput, so I need to get a replacement disk to fix this one... > >> > That aside, I need to determine how to rebuild the array in a > >> >Unix environment because Intel only provides instructions for how to > >> >use their Windows matrix manager. If anyone can point me to some > >> links > >> >or provide me with some pointers on how to correct this issue, I'd > >> owe > >> >you a lot; in fact the next time you come by Santa Cruz, CA I'll > >> >gladly treat you to some beers or something else you might want > >> :)... > >> >Linux solutions (if there isn't a proper one for FreeBSD) are valid, > >> >as long as the core data remains uncorrupted and I can do what I > >> need > >> >to from a LiveCD. I'm just scared to boot up OS and have it do some > >> >irrevocable operation like fsck -y and assume parity errors are ok > >> or > >> >something along those lines (I don't remember if I set rc.conf to > >> >fsck -y and I know I can change that from single-user mode, but I > >> want > >> >to play things conservatively if at all possible) :\... > >> > Filesystem is UFS2 with softupdates of course. > >> > Point proven that I need to backup my data more often :(... > >> >TIA, > >> >-Garrett > >> > > >> >PS If replying on the questions@ list, please CC me as I'm not > >> >subscribed to that list. > >> > >> > >> Most of the intel RAID functions can be accessed through the BIOS > >> console > >> too. It isn't as pretty as the GUI versions but has the same > >> functions. > >> > >> The drives are labeled so the RAID controller will know a drive was > >> replaced. You just need to tell the controller to add it to the array > >> and > >> rebuild the array. > > > > I haven't seen an Intel card in a while, but if you see an "initialize" > > option, DON'T USE IT. On other cards it exists, and destroys the volume. > > > > Casey > >Sean, Casey, and Derek: > >Thanks for the replies so far. > >Yeah, I stay away from things that say "Initialize", "Delete Array", >etc :). Part of my concern came from the fact that I got a kernel >panic the last time I tried to boot into FreeBSD, but that may have >been because one of my disks was disconnected and the bzero attempt >was polling some address out of range (I was attempting to >troubleshoot the issue at the time). > >I'm pretty fed up with Intel's ICH9R interface too so I'm hoping >(crosses fingers) that I'll be able to afford an Adaptec card of some >flavor that's compatible with -CURRENT. For that I'll ask for advice >on current@ later on which card to get... > >It looks like my figuring out what to do in solving this issue will >only be solved by grabbing another drive and replacing the dead one. >Oh well, here goes for an RMA... > >TIA, >-Garrett >_____________ If you are looking to move up, look at the 3ware RAID cards. Not sure which models work with FreeBSD, but these card do perform very well. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.