From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 26 14:54:31 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 173F1106566C for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:54:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.coleman@cwis.biz) Received: from mail.skiltech.com (bunning.skiltech.com [65.36.251.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB5478FC0A for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:54:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.coleman@cwis.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.skiltech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF42125BEC9; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:54:29 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at skiltech.com Received: from mail.skiltech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bunning.skiltech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pdkOflFLLCZy; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:54:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [172.16.1.68] (unknown [206.145.250.193]) by mail.skiltech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 00C4025BD75; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:54:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4863AD9D.9040707@cwis.biz> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:54:21 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Derek Ragona References: <6.0.0.22.2.20080626091608.0259b610@mail.computinginnovations.com> <32783721.01214490627455.JavaMail.root@tomcat.phantombsd.org> <7d6fde3d0806260738o1dfc5e33o8133d4d8e1f5d812@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080626094444.02549590@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20080626094444.02549590@mail.computinginnovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Garrett Cooper , current@freebsd.org, Casey Scott 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 14:54:31 -0000 Derek Ragona wrote: > 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. I'm happy with my HighPoint RocketRAIDs. HPT's site has the drives and they work in 7.