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Date:      Tue, 3 Apr 2001 09:45:35 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc:        alex <ml-freebsd-smp@phobgate.de>, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IBM PC Server 704 ... dual pentium pro ...
Message-ID:  <20010403094535.D813@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104031022320.91376-100000@mobile.hub.org>; from scrappy@hub.org on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 10:23:54AM -0300
References:  <20010402125740.X813@fw.wintelcom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104031022320.91376-100000@mobile.hub.org>

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* The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> [010403 06:23] wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
> > * alex <ml-freebsd-smp@phobgate.de> [010402 12:50] wrote:
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > i just can report that i had the same problem using gigabyte board with
> > > dual p3 800mhz and adaptec dual channel controller with 4 scsi disks.
> > > this was in december last year and i installed 4.2 release and vinum
> > > (raid5, like your config). under heavy disk load (severals processes
> > > gziping and ungziping large archives) the box suddenly halted or rebooted.
> > >
> > > i have another box with dual p3 400mhz and adaptec scsi (without vinum)
> > > which runs fine for ~5 months now. even under heavy disk load.
> > >
> > > maybe it's the comination of smp kernel and vinum...?
> >
> > It's most likely vinum raid5.
> 
> Hadn't thought of that ... I use vinum quite well on two other boxes, but
> one uses strip'ng and the other is purely concat ... using RAID5 was a new
> one for me ...
> 
> I'll have to take a peak at CCD and see what she can do :(

Vinum striping/concat should be stable.  Are you having issues
with it?


-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.

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