Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 15:56:31 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: "A. Wright" <andrew@qemg.org>, FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Long I/O pauses on same mass storage Message-ID: <AANLkTil5ozngCzmfiGMgXfhkDW99IW5NaHI4MU2sRz2V@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201005122049.o4CKn7kS080566@lava.sentex.ca> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005121035480.64303@qemg.org> <201005121456.o4CEurEZ078671@lava.sentex.ca> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005121632520.64303@qemg.org> <BDDFA682-70FC-4240-AF3C-6AE03168FFE7@mac.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005121726090.64303@qemg.org> <201005122049.o4CKn7kS080566@lava.sentex.ca>
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On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> wrote: > 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 ? > In addition to what I pointed out earlier, I believe that is also a 4k sector drive. You'll need to align your partitions accordingly. -- Adam Vande More
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