Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 21:46:08 -0500 From: cruxpot <cruxpot@gmail.com> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another case of the vanishing disk Message-ID: <CAPYfQ9znObwccr6cNyJ6N38X=U0YNd7vAN15hdtViz-T0t7LAg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140322100424.05f163fc@X220.alogt.com> References: <CAPYfQ9z-YUzKDAh3=V3_m1wmDtds4NzcewTq0wLUD9LWt3VaGA@mail.gmail.com> <20140316130936.3f2d18e0@X220.alogt.com> <CAPYfQ9ycxEr%2B-qPBC6qY6tvLrTMqT3guU%2B8q%2BbK2_RAj=WH1tw@mail.gmail.com> <20140316134309.2edc258a@X220.alogt.com> <CAPYfQ9ztmzYWSRoNLJk2Z-mTAdDti48ZOJrKT0LEEpuWf5SqHg@mail.gmail.com> <5325E71D.30800@bluerosetech.com> <CAPYfQ9zGFYRfn2mKzrT%2BPiF%2B-Ve03gn3GFg2Byst0XaMQUC=1A@mail.gmail.com> <20140317082308.29cc140a@X220.alogt.com> <CAPYfQ9zOaVtbbx-VF7OM3zA_QFKJ0vWKO81c25Kmos9jc1JW1Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAPYfQ9w5F3cyeye-6Q6X-SU2W-Bd-JSFROF=XjqXyavVfvwXVQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140322092336.23aeffe9@X220.alogt.com> <CAPYfQ9wrGQfcm6jkwKzcOVX0_EX1pypQmKibzXZs2=W7NMVY%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <20140322100424.05f163fc@X220.alogt.com>
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I was referring to enabling AHCI in the BIOS. Right now the disks are in some kind of PATA or mixed mode and I do not have ahci_enable enabled in the rc.conf. I don't know if turning that on will help or not but it's something I could try. On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:54:30 -0500 > cruxpot <cruxpot@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I can do that but it was disk 4 this time. Last time it was disk 3 and >> before that it was it was something else. That is why I suspect the >> controller or AHCI more than the disks since they all have the same >> error accrual. >> >> I could move the disks to the backup server and see if I get a drop >> and check error rate there. That is an idea. > > yes, just change something. You can also move all disks. This way you > see if the disks are the source of the problem. AHCI? If this would be > the problem, there would be a very basic problem with FreeBSD or the > drives. > > Erich > >> On Mar 21, 2014 8:23 PM, "Erich Dollansky" >> <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > I would test the disks in a different setup. Can you connect them >> > to a different machine? Not in one go but disk by disk. >> > >> > Can you run the original machine just with one disk using UFS? >> > >> > As and example: I have here one disk from a broken machine which >> > gives problems in my new machine. I do not think that the disk also >> > got broken the moment the other machine died. So, I will keep the >> > disk until I can use it in a different environment. >> > >> > With other words: strange things happen ones in a while. >> > >> > Erich >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:03:43 -0500 >> > cruxpot <cruxpot@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > Well, it happened again five days after the first time. Does >> > > anyone think that turning on AHCI in the BIOS and the rc.conf >> > > options will help? BIOS has the latest firmware. Otherwise I am >> > > going to start replacing hardware. Not sure if I will replace the >> > > disks or motherboard first since it's so old (circa 2008, >> > > A8R-MVP). >> > > >> > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 9:47 PM, cruxpot <cruxpot@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > > According to my logs the first occurrence was on July 3rd of >> > > > last year but that is also as far back as my logs go. I have >> > > > four logged incidents since that time with the most recent on >> > > > March 13th, which caused my zfs pool to become corrupt thus >> > > > bringing it to my attention. I remember this server locking up >> > > > before that, but I didn't do much investigation and just cold >> > > > cycled it. I did not really look into it until December which >> > > > is also when I replaced the PSU and it did not solve the >> > > > problem. It is possible it has been doing this since the >> > > > beginning but I am uncertain. >> > > > >> > > > On Mar 16, 2014 7:23 PM, "Erich Dollansky" >> > > > <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: >> > > >> >> > > >> Hi, >> > > >> >> > > >> On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:29:43 -0500 >> > > >> cruxpot <cruxpot@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> >> > > >> > I guess I did shoot myself in the foot on buying these >> > > >> > drives, but they were $75/each at Best Buy on a sale about >> > > >> > two years ago and I thought it was too good to pass up. >> > > >> > >> > > >> so, you have the problems since two years then? >> > > >> >> > > >> Erich >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > >> > >
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