Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:27:19 +0100 From: "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: "James Snow" <snow@teardrop.org>, "Dr Joe Karthauser" <joe@tao.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Checksum errors across ZFS array Message-ID: <ECC9BC8EEFEE4AF9AC362F49C8A8B6E5@multiplay.co.uk> References: <20120719152909.GL32960@teardrop.org><002D6A20-D2A4-4909-B2EA-3DB562326050@tao.org.uk> <20120719171548.GM32960@teardrop.org>
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From: "James Snow" <snow@teardrop.org>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 06:05:32PM +0100, Dr Joe Karthauser wrote:
>
>> Hi James,
>>
>> It's almost definitely a memory problem. I'd change it ASAP if I were
>> you.
>>
>> I lost about 70mb from my zfs pool for this very reason just a few
>> weeks ago. Luckily I had enough snapshots from before the rot set in
>> to recover most of what I lost.
>
> Thanks for the input. I will run a memory test against it.
>
> If I may, why "almost definitely" a memory problem and not an issue with
> the controller? (Or did you mean the controller memory?)
I wouldn't say definitely, its likely, but other hardware as per my
previous mail can be the cause.
Regards
Steve
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