Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 15:33:52 +1100 From: "Adrian @ Connexus" <adrianl@connexus.net.au> To: jromero@romero3000.com Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best IDE RAID5 solution for FreeBSD 5.2 ? Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.0.20040309152917.01f9c950@mail.connexus.net.au> In-Reply-To: <200403082323.10480.jromero@romero3000.com> References: <6.0.1.1.0.20040309123150.01ddfd08@mail.connexus.net.au> <200403082323.10480.jromero@romero3000.com>
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Hi, here's some answers.. >quick question: > >1- is it always the same channel that degrades?? Yes >2- have you upgraded the firmware on the card to the latest ??? Yes >3- are you using the FreeBSD driver in the generic kernel or did you download >the driver from the 3Ware site and make world??? Generic TWE driver (the 3ware one is a beta driver for FreeBSD 4.8) >4-have you tried changing the pci slot??? I can't - it's a rackmount - but I have the problem with various motherboards >5-what console/log messages do you see??? <twe0: drive error for unknown unit 1> >6-is it always the same drive that degrades??? Yes (different in different machines) but when I replace the degraded drive with a brand new drive, it degrades again. >7-have you tried swaping ram?? I see this in multiple machines (more than 5) with different RAM configurations >8-have you tried a different 3ware card??? Yes >9-have you changed power supplies??? Yes
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