From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 12 20:49:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55F92106564A for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 20:49:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16FAF8FC12 for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 20:49:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o4CKn7kS080566; Wed, 12 May 2010 16:49:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <201005122049.o4CKn7kS080566@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 16:49:03 -0400 To: "A. Wright" , Chuck Swiger From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: References: <201005121456.o4CEurEZ078671@lava.sentex.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: FreeBSD - Subject: Re: Long I/O pauses on same mass storage X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 20:49:09 -0000 At 04:27 PM 5/12/2010, A. Wright wrote: === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === >Device Model: WDC WD15EARS-00S8B1 >Serial Number: WD-WCAVY2700359 Isnt that one of those Western Digital Green drives ? I seem to recall a number of people complaining about similar issues where the drive stalls. Perhaps a firmware update ? Or perhaps a way to disable the power saving/spin down features ? Is your controller set to AHCI, or regular SATA. what does /var/run/dmesg.boot show ? ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike