Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 08:35:03 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz <karl.pielorz@getonline.co.uk> To: "Adrian @ Connexus" <adrianl@connexus.net.au> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best IDE RAID5 solution for FreeBSD 5.2 ? Message-ID: <61569656.1078821303@raptor> In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.0.20040309152917.01f9c950@mail.connexus.net.au> References: <6.0.1.1.0.20040309123150.01ddfd08@mail.connexus.net.au> <200403082323.10480.jromero@romero3000.com> <6.0.1.1.0.20040309152917.01f9c950@mail.connexus.net.au>
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--On 09 March 2004 15:33 +1100 "Adrian @ Connexus" <adrianl@connexus.net.au> wrote: > Hi, here's some answers.. > >> quick question: >> At the risk of adding yet another "Quick Question" - if it's the same channel that degrades - have you tried switching the channels over [Yes, I know this requires someone on site to open/fiddle with the machine - and switching the IDE cables over]? And, what's the state of the degraded drives afterwards - i.e. are they really broken? [After having been tested/thrashed in a separate box to verify it's condition?] FWIW - We've been using 3ware controllers here for over a year now... We switched from DPT (aka Adaptec i2o) controllers over to 3ware because of the FreeBSD support & cost implications - and so far [crossing fingers] - we've never had any problems... -Karl
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