Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:37:17 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: emartinez@crockettint.com Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UFS2+Softupdates Corruption Regardless on Seven various systems Message-ID: <42B61DCD.4030307@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20050617211305.6E04A33F81@mxc1.crockettint.com> References: <20050617211305.6E04A33F81@mxc1.crockettint.com>
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Edgar Martinez wrote: > All, > > > > I have a network of FBSD boxen running 5.3 w/ 2x PATA WD1200JB Drives and a > Promise Fastrack TX2 controller in mirror. The systems mainly just pass > internet traffic and rarely ever touch the disks. After running for a few > weeks -> months.the disks become corrupted forcing a manual fsck from single > user mode. And since the system is thousands of miles away, it can become > painful to walk someone with a language barrier thru that. > > > > Question is WHY does this occur? > > How can you avoid this? > > What can you do to remotely fix the issue? > > Any proactive maintenance I need to be doing? > > Did I mention I would like to know WHY? > This certainly sounds like a bug, and is not something that people normally see. When and how do you notice the corruption? Does it have a particular pattern? Would it be possible to try a different brand of disk controller in order to rule out the driver being buggy? Scott
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