From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 20 18:10:22 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9666C37B401; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 18:10:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from ecserv7.uwaterloo.ca (ecserv7.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.50.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2723543F3F; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 18:10:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bruce@engmail.uwaterloo.ca) Received: from ecserv7.uwaterloo.ca (localhost.uwaterloo.ca [127.0.0.1]) by ecserv7.uwaterloo.ca (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h2L2AHpc094275; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:10:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bruce@engmail.uwaterloo.ca) Received: (from www@localhost) by ecserv7.uwaterloo.ca (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h2L2AHds094270; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:10:17 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: ecserv7.uwaterloo.ca: www set sender to bruce@engmail.uwaterloo.ca using -f Received: from 65.93.97.169 ( [65.93.97.169]) as user bruce@engmail.uwaterloo.ca by www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca with HTTP; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:10:17 -0500 Message-ID: <1048212617.3e7a748940bbb@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:10:17 -0500 From: Bruce Campbell To: Simon Cc: "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: problem on 1TB filesystem RAID 5 3ware References: <200303181635.h2IGZN723591@engmail.uwaterloo.ca> In-Reply-To: <200303181635.h2IGZN723591@engmail.uwaterloo.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 / FreeBSD-4.6.2 X-Originating-IP: 65.93.97.169 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 : > > 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. > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------- > >This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > -- Bruce Campbell Engineering Computing CPH-2374B University of Waterloo (519)888-4567 ext 5889 ---------------------------------------- This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message