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Date:      Fri, 27 Aug 2004 01:00:33 +0200
From:      Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org>
To:        Craig Boston <craig@xfoil.gank.org>
Cc:        Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: PLEASE TEST: IPI deadlock avoidance patch
Message-ID:  <p0600205dbd541bd21112@[10.0.1.3]>
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At 5:10 PM -0500 2004-08-26, Craig Boston wrote:

>  Two of the drives in the RAID5 are on:
>
>  atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 UDMA33 controller>
>  ad0: 9541MB <Maxtor 51024H2/DAC10SC0> [19386/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
>  ad2: 9541MB <Maxtor 91024U3/RA530JN0> [19386/16/63] at ata1-master UDMA33
>
>  The third drive is on:
>  ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter>

	Ouch.  Bad juju, bwana.  RAID-5 really, really wants all drives 
to be 100% identical, in every way, shape, and form.  If they're not 
and you're very, very lucky, it might just be slow.

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org>

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

     -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania
     Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755

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