From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 10 11:40:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8308D106566C for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:40:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xxjack12xx@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BA448FC21 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:40:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbdq11 with SMTP id dq11so2803004wgb.31 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:40:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=ybGK/cl6hNK6PrrjXyo1n5mT81LutEWUqMuHkgInkvU=; b=TYoXgNJLbZLKUT6xK8EOQcnkzPC99NITrpDO9LEjwlhyBDbhVR6v6ePNUEABkKC4Rh /PGXzCIjybuEULfqFRwMv02bT639Xi8aoJ7Npqr2zDWTuUgVVt3z1AZ89pE+4qan28F9 wYKo6+S4yTQUlz1gi4Wl9tzSaSBpvRGOJ+XSE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.83.97 with SMTP id p1mr8517637wiy.19.1328872230639; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:10:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.21.85 with HTTP; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:10:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.21.85 with HTTP; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:10:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F34124F.9090808@sentex.net> References: <4F32E289.4080806@sentex.net> <4F32F5B0.2060203@FreeBSD.org> <20120208223819.GA27488@icarus.home.lan> <4F32FB5E.7050102@FreeBSD.org> <4F33DB75.1080202@sentex.net> <20120209152240.GA95470@icarus.home.lan> <4F33F056.6070300@sentex.net> <20120209163415.GA96451@icarus.home.lan> <4F34124F.9090808@sentex.net> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:10:30 -0800 Message-ID: From: "Jack L." To: Mike Tancsa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Alexander Motin , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: siisch1: Error while READ LOG EXT X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:40:37 -0000 the drive has reallocated some sectors and normally drives should never reallocate sectors unless it has trouble reading/writing to them. also, that drive has known firmware problems so it sounds like the drive needs replacing On Feb 9, 2012 10:38 AM, "Mike Tancsa" wrote: > On 2/9/2012 11:34 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > > You will probably need to "track these drives" on a regular basis. That > > is to say, set up some cronjob or similar that logs the above output to > > a file (appends data to it), specifically output from smartctl -A (not > > -a and not -x) and smartctl -l sataphy on a per-disk basis. smartd can > > track SMART attribute changes, but does not track GPLog changes. Make > > sure to put timestamps in your logs. > > Thanks very much for having a look, and the suggestions. It think this > is the way to go to see which drive my have errors incrementing. > Alexander, is there a better way you can suggest ? > > > > > As for fixing the problem: I have no idea how you would go about this. > > Use of port multipliers involves additional cables, possibly of shoddy > > quality, or other components which may not be decent/reliable. > > > Possibly. Cables are one of those things I am happy to "pay extra for > better quality" but how does one assess quality of such parts. > > > > > Overall, this is just one of the many reasons why I avoid PMs, as well > > as avoid eSATA (especially eSATA). > > Yeah, at some point it doesnt really work with too many PMs, especially > if you cant query the thing to find out where things are "bad". I think > for the next version of this box I will use the newer generation 3ware > SAS/SATA controller > > ---Mike > > > > -- > ------------------- > Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 > Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net > Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net > Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >