From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 6 11:27:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C1616A421 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 11:27:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Dietmar_Michel@bmc.com) Received: from creeper.bmc.com (sky.bmc.com [198.207.223.240]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4500213C467 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 11:27:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Dietmar_Michel@bmc.com) Received: from svl-ec-01.adprod.bmc.com (svl-ec-01.adprod.bmc.com [172.20.5.28]) by creeper.bmc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76BB9130037; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 05:27:56 -0600 (CST) Received: from fra-ex-01.adprod.bmc.com ([137.72.8.5]) by svl-ec-01.adprod.bmc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 6 Mar 2007 03:27:56 -0800 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 12:27:54 +0100 Message-ID: <0C398216960631429151B4A4B6B1FC0303F382E5@fra-ex-01.adprod.bmc.com> In-Reply-To: <200703061106.20427.nvass@teledomenet.gr> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: RAID5 degraded - system hangs Thread-Index: AcdfzoI1r0rz1dekREexowvYf9Q16wADyzgw References: <0C398216960631429151B4A4B6B1FC03038CCAB0@fra-ex-01.adprod.bmc.com> <200703060948.53818.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <0C398216960631429151B4A4B6B1FC03038CCAB5@fra-ex-01.adprod.bmc.com> <200703061106.20427.nvass@teledomenet.gr> From: "Michel, Dietmar" To: "Nikos Vassiliadis" , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Mar 2007 11:27:56.0180 (UTC) FILETIME=[7CA53D40:01C75FE2] Cc: Subject: RE: RAID5 degraded - system hangs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:27:57 -0000 You are right again ... I just have a short discussion about the controller with promise = support: It is a software Raid Controller and WebPAM (The Promise Raid software) = is the interface for building/resync etc. This interface has some advanced feature but at least you can use a = Linux SW-Raid ... (the xor calculation for RAID5 is done by the server = anyway). Over all with the technical background I have to redesign my personal = goals. Dietmar -----Original Message----- From: Nikos Vassiliadis [mailto:nvass@teledomenet.gr]=20 Sent: Dienstag, 6. M=E4rz 2007 10:06 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Michel, Dietmar Subject: Re: RAID5 degraded - system hangs On Tuesday 06 March 2007 10:16, Michel, Dietmar wrote: > The Promise Tx4310 has to be a HW raid controller - hopefully ;-)) Sorry, but it seems that's not the case... Supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 10, the FastTrak TX4310 incorporates Promise's innovative new software RAID 5 solution ... from here: http://www.promise.com/company/press/press_news1_eng.asp?press_id=3D130