From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 00:45:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 391121065672 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:45:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from mail.netconsonance.com (mail.netconsonance.com [198.207.204.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2210B8FC2B for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:45:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from [192.168.148.73] ([216.239.45.19]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.netconsonance.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id mAH0jGYD095952; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:45:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at netconsonance.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.44 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.44 tagged_above=-999 required=3.5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.44] Message-Id: From: Jo Rhett To: Oliver Lehmann In-Reply-To: <20081112204351.ccc51c2f.lehmann@ans-netz.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:45:15 -0800 References: <20081029170728.be7cc7ab.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <13394481-8FDC-4934-BB12-FA5BCB2D35CD@nevada.net.nz> <20081112204351.ccc51c2f.lehmann@ans-netz.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Philip Murray Subject: Re: 3Ware 9000 series hangs under load X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:45:21 -0000 Philip Murray wrote: > Anyway, I stopped running 3dmd (or 3dm2 I think it's called now) to > monitor it, and the crashes went away. It's had hundreds of days > uptime since. We have never used 3dm2, and the 9500 units have been rock solid for us. > I've never been game enough to try newer versions of 3dm, but a > cronjob of tw_cli allows me to monitor it now without the lockups. > Might not be your problem, but it's worth a shot if all else fails. The driver logs all useful stuff, and the SEC logfile surfer does a good job of notifying you quickly. I can send you an SEC configuration for that if you want. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness