From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 8 19:51:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A46616A4CF for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 19:51:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from power.connexus.net.au (power.connexus.net.au [203.12.22.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A483743D3F for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 19:51:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adrianl@connexus.net.au) Received: from NOTEBOOK.connexus.net.au (adrian [203.12.22.37] (may be forged)) by power.connexus.net.au (8.12.4/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i293orCC001398 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:50:53 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from adrianl@connexus.net.au) XAntiVirus: This e-mail has been scanned for viruses via the Connexus Internet Service Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.0.20040309145044.01de5778@mail.connexus.net.au> X-Sender: adrianl@mail.connexus.net.au (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 14:50:54 +1100 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: "Adrian @ Connexus" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: RE: Best IDE RAID5 solution for FreeBSD 5.2 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 03:51:55 -0000 Hi Francis, Thanks but I don't think that's the problem as i've seen it happen in lots of different machines with completely different hardware.. I'm currently battling a machine with 480W redundant power supplies. Is the Promise RAID any good? Is it controllable from FreeBSD ? Thanks, Adrian. At 12:49 PM 3/9/2004, you wrote: >Could it be a power supply problem? I had a similar problem although with >a different product (Promise RAID). The server had only 450watts of power >supply and loaded with a lot of high-RPM cooling fans. When we replaced >the high-RPM fans with big, low-RPM fans, we no longer experienced >filesystem corruption/degradation. > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Adrian >Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 9:58 AM >To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org >Subject: Best IDE RAID5 solution for FreeBSD 5.2 ? > >Hi, > >I'm having lots of trouble with 3ware RAID >cards and would like to know what other >people are using.. > >I basically just need to be able to rebuild >degraded arrays remotely (from FreeBSD) as >I don't always have console access to the >machines and can't power-cycle them. > >I have various versions of the 3Ware cards >(mainly 7006). After a while one of the drives >will degrade. If I rebuild it, the same drive >just degrades again soon after. I've replaced >everything from the HD to RAID card, motherboard >and cables - but in the end I have to format the >array and rebuild the machine from scratch but >then after a while it starts doing the same thing.. >This is happening on FreeBSD versions 4.8->5.2 >and across completely different hardware (though >I've only ever used Maxtor IDE drives). > >Any help / suggestions would be appreciated. > >Thanks, >Adrian. > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"