From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 24 18:16:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A588116A41C for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:16:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emartinez@crockettint.com) Received: from mxc1.crockettint.com (chameleon1.crockettint.com [206.224.72.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A44F43D1D for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:16:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emartinez@crockettint.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.crockettint.com [127.0.0.1]) by mxc1.crockettint.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1369B33F63; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:16:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mxc1.crockettint.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mxc1.crockettint.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 20243-06; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:16:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from memnoch (unknown [12.44.178.253]) by mxc1.crockettint.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7306A33F5F; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:16:51 -0500 (CDT) From: "Edgar Martinez" To: "'Scott Long'" Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:16:32 -0500 Organization: Crockett International MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 In-Reply-To: <42B61DCD.4030307@samsco.org> Thread-Index: AcV1OJ87POHBOngqT2OFUxxIBzpcMQDsCa8Q Message-Id: <20050624181651.7306A33F5F@mxc1.crockettint.com> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at crockettint.com Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: RE: UFS2+Softupdates Corruption Regardless on Seven various systems X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: emartinez@crockettint.com List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:16:55 -0000 Sorry for the delay, I am currently in clovis at a training, but will respond soon. Thanks for the response! -----Original Message----- From: Scott Long [mailto:scottl@samsco.org] Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 8:37 PM To: emartinez@crockettint.com Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UFS2+Softupdates Corruption Regardless on Seven various systems Edgar Martinez wrote: > All, > > > > I have a network of FBSD boxen running 5.3 w/ 2x PATA WD1200JB Drives and a > Promise Fastrack TX2 controller in mirror. The systems mainly just pass > internet traffic and rarely ever touch the disks. After running for a few > weeks -> months.the disks become corrupted forcing a manual fsck from single > user mode. And since the system is thousands of miles away, it can become > painful to walk someone with a language barrier thru that. > > > > Question is WHY does this occur? > > How can you avoid this? > > What can you do to remotely fix the issue? > > Any proactive maintenance I need to be doing? > > Did I mention I would like to know WHY? > This certainly sounds like a bug, and is not something that people normally see. When and how do you notice the corruption? Does it have a particular pattern? Would it be possible to try a different brand of disk controller in order to rule out the driver being buggy? Scott