Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:15:57 +1100 From: "Adrian @ Connexus" <adrianl@connexus.net.au> To: "Andrew Chan" <achan@achan.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best IDE RAID5 solution for FreeBSD 5.2 ? Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.0.20040311141339.01f5c640@mail.connexus.net.au> In-Reply-To: <012b01c40590$0f4005a0$3801a8c0@mickeynew> References: <6.0.1.1.0.20040309145106.01f9cc50@mail.connexus.net.au> <00e001c4058b$d6f8a930$3801a8c0@mickeynew> <6.0.1.1.0.20040309151917.01de6b30@mail.connexus.net.au> <012b01c40590$0f4005a0$3801a8c0@mickeynew>
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Hi Andrew, Thank-you very much.. The HD software found a bug on one of the drives that hadn't degraded - fixing that seems to have worked.. I thought HDs were supposed to fix things like that internally ?! You saved me lots of time and effort - email your address and i'll add you to my Christmas card list!! Regards, Adrian. At 03:36 PM 3/9/2004, you wrote: >Sorry I meant the HD diagnostic program from the driver manufacturer. For >Maxtor it will be: > >http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/index.htm > >and get the program called "Powermax". > >It is a very low-tech DOS based program but it works. The program will take >hours to run but the time is worth it because then you know the problem is >with the controller / OS and not the drive. Also these low-tech programs may >not understand drives attached to your 3Ware card so you may need to scan >them one by one connected to the normal IDE connectors on the MB. > >I had seen lots of random "missing interupts - mirror lost" while running >FreeBSD ATA raid setups, I have debugged the drivers and replaced controller >hards to no avail. And then eventually figured out that it was the drive(s). >[Yeah, I did change drives too.] > >Sure, that is different from your true hardware 3Ware RAID setup but the >moral of the story is the same. Make sure your drives are error free! > >Andrew > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Adrian @ Connexus" <adrianl@connexus.net.au> >To: "Andrew Chan" <achan@achan.com> >Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 12:20 PM >Subject: Re: Best IDE RAID5 solution for FreeBSD 5.2 ? > > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > I don't think 3ware make such a utility for FreeBSD > > unfortunately... Do the other's supply these utilities? > > > > Thanks, Adrian > > > > At 03:05 PM 3/9/2004, you wrote: > > >Whatever software/hardware you end up using, make sure you run the HDs > > >through the vendor supplied diagnostic program and scan every sector. > > > > > >It takes lotssss of time but it will be worth it. > > > > > >I had in the past wasted zillion of hours chasing down RAID problems >(using > > >HighPoint/Promise controllers plus software RAID) on FreeBSD and they all > > >end up being "bad sector" problems. > > > >
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