Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 12:28:19 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What NIC to choose ? Message-ID: <3BE81DB3.5080702@potentialtech.com> References: <20011106121119.T30240-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>
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Chris BeHanna wrote: > On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Kenneth Mays wrote: > > >>Why not use the Intel 10/100 NICs?? >> > > As I recall, there's a very weird and hard-to-replicate > interaction problem between the fxp driver and vinum that leads to > corrupted RAID-5 volumes. > > Good enough reason for me not to spend the money on Intel NICs. Is this documented anywhere in more detail? I have three servers that I've installed and admin with Vinum + fxp driver and have had no problems whatsoever. None of these are running RAID-5, however, so if the problem only occurs with RAID-5, I won't have seen it. -- Bill Moran Potential Technology http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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