Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:10:30 -0800 From: "Jack L." <xxjack12xx@gmail.com> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Subject: Re: siisch1: Error while READ LOG EXT Message-ID: <CALeGphzq0Vi4UrDhb4suN2Nce9kZ-SXdapSCF7vQHUBr1N6BTA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F34124F.9090808@sentex.net> References: <4F32E289.4080806@sentex.net> <mailpost.1328736521.3202974.81071.mailing.freebsd.stable@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw> <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>
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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" <mike@sentex.net> 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" >
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