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Date:      Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:10:17 -0500
From:      Bruce Campbell <bruce@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>
To:        Simon <simon@optinet.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: problem on 1TB filesystem RAID 5 3ware
Message-ID:  <1048212617.3e7a748940bbb@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
In-Reply-To: <200303181635.h2IGZN723591@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>
References:  <200303181635.h2IGZN723591@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>

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I openned a case with 3ware tech support and they responded:

>We do not support FreeBSD plus the
>current driver for FreeBSD has not been
>updated for some time to keep up with
>firmware changes. 
>
>Please try linux instead. 

So I guess I will try that and see what happens.


Quoting Simon <simon@optinet.com>:
> 
> I have a hard time believing that hardware implementation of
> RAID5 would corrupt files over RAID10, perhaps your 3ware
> card/its firmware is malfunctioning, but anything is possible.
> Well, I'll have to see for myself, I'm about to build RAID5 NAS
> using maxtor drives and 7500-8 3ware card.
> 
> -Simon
> 
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:05:36 -0500, Bruce Campbell wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >Tested with RAID 10 instead of RAID 5, success !
> >
> >RAID 10 arrays tested:  6xWD200GB and 8xWD200GB both worked
> >RAID 5 arrays tested: 6xWD200GB and 4xWD200GB both failed
> >
> >Note: 3ware lists the WD 200GB disk as "Under Test". (ie they have not yet 
> >given it a "Compatible" rating) 
> >
> >details of tests and the procedure to detect the failure etc at
> >
> >http://www.freebsd.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/bin/view/Freebsd/BackupServerProblem
> >
> >I still have to try an officially approved drive.
> >
> >
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-- 
Bruce Campbell
Engineering Computing
CPH-2374B
University of Waterloo
(519)888-4567 ext 5889

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