Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:26:09 -0500 From: Jeff Sapp <jasapp@pelennor.net> To: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebuilding a compaq smart array Message-ID: <20010712152609.A608@pelennor.net> In-Reply-To: <004601c105c9$ef9884c0$0e00000a@tomcat>; from hornback@wireco.net on Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 11:15:40PM -0400 References: <20010705220110.A29418@pelennor.net> <004601c105c9$ef9884c0$0e00000a@tomcat>
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> > > Rebuilding it from FreeBSD? Not that I know of. The > > controller should > > > perform an automatic rebuild once a replacement drive is > > inserted into the > > > array. Might want to check the settings on the controller > > configuration to > > > see if this option has been disabled by accident. > > > > Does it rebuild the replacement drive while the operating system is > > running? That's where I'm running into trouble. > > It does. I'm running a RAID 5 setup with 3 drives. Strangest thing I'd > ever seen the first time I saw it... server is sitting there running, just > reach in and pull out a drive and put it back in and watch it rebuild. > Later on, the Consulting firm that I worked for used this machine to show > clients how RAID benefits their server design. Very effective tool, too. > Machine paid for itself by doing those demonstrations alone. *grins* Seems > that small business owners love the idea of being able to have a drive die > and still be able to get work done, as opposed to being down, waiting for a > tech, then waiting for parts, etc. Less hassle to replace a dead drive than > it is to have to rebuild an entire server from tape. Well, it seems I've run into a strange situation then. The computer is a DL380 with the new integrated array adapter, running RAID 1. The array controller itself uses a Symbios Logic 53C1510. After talking with a couple people at Compaq for the last few days, the only thing they could come up with was that the array controller had to "know" about the file system. From what I've seen today I guess they're right. I installed linux on the hard disk, and it looks like the compaq integrated array controller "knows" about ext2, but not about ufs (which doesn't make any sense because they support Solaris). Can anyone verify this problem with the Integrated Raid Controller? Thanks, Jeff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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