From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Dec 5 16:51:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA29548 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:51:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (mercury.jorsm.com [207.112.128.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA29541 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:51:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff@mercury.jorsm.com) Received: from localhost (jeff@localhost) by mercury.jorsm.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id SAA01944; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:51:44 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:51:44 -0600 (CST) From: Jeff Lynch To: "Bryn Wm. Moslow" cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, jayk@nwlink.com Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940/Seagate Failures In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. ========================================================================= Jeffrey A. Lynch, President JORSM Internet email: jeff@jorsm.com Northwest Indiana's Full-Service Provider Voice: (219)322-2180 927 Sheffield Avenue, Dyer, IN 46311 Autoresponse: info@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com