From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Dec 19 7:23: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from relay.comm2000.it (mindseal.comm2000.it [194.133.0.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEB3237B419; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 07:23:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from insomma.local.lan ([212.97.62.126]) by relay.comm2000.it (8.11.2/MFAGMM-19990726) with ESMTP id fBJFN3o06994; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:23:03 +0100 X-SMTP-Peer: [212.97.62.126] Received: (from nobody@localhost) by insomma.local.lan (8.11.6/8.11.3) id fBJFN2g76410; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:23:02 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from massimo@datacode.it) From: Massimo Lusetti X-Authentication-Warning: insomma.local.lan: nobody set sender to massimo@datacode.it using -f Received: from 192.168.1.13 ( [192.168.1.13]) as user massimo@mail.local.lan by webapps.datacode.it with HTTP; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:23:02 +0100 Message-ID: <1008775382.3c20b0d6be383@webapps.datacode.it> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:23:02 +0100 To: Mike Smith Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: big mly(4) logical volume References: <200112181954.fBIJsJO01662@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: <200112181954.fBIJsJO01662@mass.dis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: DataMAIL on WEB Solution (DM) 2.3.7-cvs Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Quoting Mike Smith : > > It's normal for it to take some time to get the parity on the drives into > sync. Depending on the default rebuild rate, this can take quite a > while; 8 hours is not unimaginable. As long as it stops eventually, > you'll be fine, and it'll be usable (but slower) while the rebuild is > running. Well, infact the system was usable... but it takes 9 hours for it to complete. > > Is it normal to have this hdd always busy !? If the controlled is > > (re)building something i should notice on kernel message... right ?! > > The controller doesn't tell us that it's working on establishing parity > for a new array, AFAIR. I could probably find out if the driver went off > asking, but there's a list as long as my arm of things I want to do to > that driver... Sure, thanks for your fast reply. Thanks. Regards, Massimo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message