Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:21:10 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: alex <ml-freebsd-smp@phobgate.de>, <freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IBM PC Server 704 ... dual pentium pro ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104031419090.91376-100000@mobile.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20010403094535.D813@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * 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? The stripe system I run as my database file system for PostgreSQL, and it seems to be rock solid ... my concat file system is used for a mirror server, and it seems if I put much load onto her, the kernel panic(s) and has to be rebooted (load generally means doing a series of parrellel 'rm -rf's to clean up some disk space, so not toooooo concerned) ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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