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Date:      Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:51:44 -0600 (CST)
From:      Jeff Lynch <jeff@mercury.jorsm.com>
To:        "Bryn Wm. Moslow" <bryn@nwlink.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, jayk@nwlink.com
Subject:   Re: Adaptec 2940/Seagate Failures
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971205184540.563C-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.971205120024.28222B-100000@utah>

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On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Bryn Wm. Moslow wrote:

> I've been reading the long debate about the 2940 and FreeBSD for some time
> and just today went through my whole archive of freebsd-isp and noted some
> things. What especially stands out is the number of people saying that
> they have no problem, "it works great," and then noting that they're not
> really using it or only have a tape attached, etc., literally in the same
> breath.  The people who DO seem to be having problems are running the 2940
> under heavy load conditions and having to power cycle servers at horrible
> times like myself. If you have an archive of freebsd-isp do a search on
> "Adaptec 2940" and you'll see what I'm talking about. Just an observation
> and opinion: I'm not trying to PO anyone but I think there has to be more
> attention paid to the stability of the SCSI subsystem, specifically under
> heavy loads. Once again: I love you all, I love Chuck, please help me ;).
> 

Possibly a flakey controller? I load mine pretty heavily. 60+ apache
httpds, maybe 10 sendmails, and 10 or so poppers. Also 5 sambas
5 ftpds, and a handful of shells, including mine which always has
a larger than normal mailbox loaded in pine. Using same ultra-wide
drives, internal only (IBM oemed seagates) in ultra mode. 

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