From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 10 05:56:03 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9F7616A84B for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 05:55:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from karl@FS.denninger.net) Received: from FS.denninger.net (wsip-68-15-213-52.at.at.cox.net [68.15.213.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04530443DD for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 22:36:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from karl@FS.denninger.net) Received: from fs.denninger.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by FS.denninger.net (8.13.3/8.13.1) with SMTP id j79MaJqQ099739 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:36:19 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from karl@FS.denninger.net) Received: from fs.denninger.net [127.0.0.1] by Spamblock-sys (LOCAL); Tue Aug 9 17:36:19 2005 Received: (from karl@localhost) by FS.denninger.net (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j79MaJWx099737; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:36:19 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from karl) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:36:19 -0500 From: Karl Denninger To: S?ren Schmidt Message-ID: <20050809223619.GA99684@FS.denninger.net> References: <20050809180341.GA11970@nmt.edu> <20050809182605.GA6445@garage.freebsd.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: Karl's Sushi and Packet Smashers X-Die-Spammers: Spammers cheerfully broiled for supper and served with ketchup! Cc: njl@freebsd.org, "Schlake \(William Colburn\)" , Pawel Jakub Dawidek , mdodd@freebsd.org, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When will gmirror work in FreeBSD 5? X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 05:56:03 -0000 On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 11:21:12PM +0200, S?ren Schmidt wrote: > > On 09/08/2005, at 20:26, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > > >On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 12:03:41PM -0600, Schlake (William Colburn) > >wrote: > >+> My computer started out with 2 gmirrored drives on FreeBSD 5. > >Back in > >+> March I got two new hard drives and gmirrored them for the extra > >space. > >+> I quickly discovered that my data was corrupted on writes. A > >search of > >+> the bugs database revealed that this was a known issue > >+> (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=i386/77643). > >+> > >+> I'm out of disk space, and I would really like to use my two > >extra disks > >+> that have been spinning idle for the past five months, but there > >has > >+> been no work on the ticket? > > > >There is nothing to fix in gmirror, it should be fixed in ATA code. > >(CCing sos@, mdodd@ and njl@). > > Well, if the HW is as in the PR you better fix that sii3112 by > getting a real SATA controller. > After that you should get 6.0 or 5.x + the ATA mkIII patches at > least, ATA as is in 5.4 is not supported by me, and known to have > several issues ... > > - S?ren Gmirror with 4 spindles, half on an Intel ICH5 (motherboard) and half on a 3ware 8000 series card is working for me on both 5.4 and 6.x both in test and under heavy production loads (in the case of 5.4.) The loads I have placed it under for 6.x have been synthetic, but approximating production in terms of distribution of operations and intensity. $ uname -v FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #11: Fri Apr 8 09:48:24 CDT 2005 karl@FS.denninger.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KSD-SMP The Sii311x series cards have SERIOUS issues including DMA WRITE errors which apparently are not going to be addressed; I too have an open PR on this from back in February, and eventually gave up and bought a 3ware card. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) Internet Consultant & Kids Rights Activist http://www.denninger.net My home on the net - links to everything I do! http://scubaforum.org Your UNCENSORED place to talk about DIVING! http://genesis3.blogspot.com Musings Of A Sentient Mind