Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 14:53:12 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What NIC to choose ? Message-ID: <20011106145210.J30664-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <3BE81DB3.5080702@potentialtech.com>
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Bill Moran wrote:
> 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.
It's come up on this list a few times, when Greg Lehey has been
trying to pull the necessary information out of someone to chase
this bug down and squash it. It only occurs with RAID-5 and fxp,
apparently, and even then, not frequently or in any reproducible
manner.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
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