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Subject: Re: Best IDE RAID5 solution for FreeBSD 5.2 ?
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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