Date: 15 Jan 2003 19:45:25 -0500 From: Lanny Baron <lnb@FreeBSDsystems.com> To: Soeren Schmidt <sos@spider.deepcore.dk> Cc: Keith Mitchell <kmitch@guru.org>, "randall s. ehren" <randall@ucsb.edu>, freebsd-hardware <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, sos@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATA problems (still) Message-ID: <1042677925.19537.42.camel@panda.FreeBSDsystems.COM> In-Reply-To: <200301151238.h0FCcD5e025929@spider.deepcore.dk> References: <200301151238.h0FCcD5e025929@spider.deepcore.dk>
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--=-m+hAED1FiWjhwD2hLRoQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,=20 For what it's worth here is some info we rely on. In Servers, most wd hard drives will -not- run and in some cases, not even be seen by FreeBSD with our systems.When speaking to Engineers in Oregon, they have simply said to stay away from them with Servers. Most Intel Server boards are picky with hardware and, when using the correct combination of hardware, run flawlessly.=20 Of course, it is not in my right, nor am I suggesting that anyone not use Western Digital. But, I did test it out some time ago and lo and behold, it was true. Below is an example from one of our Server Board's tested and passed list of hdds (ata and scsi). Note there are no WD drives. Manufacturer Model Number Product Family Interface RPM IBM* IC35L120AVVA07 Deskstar ATA 7,200 123 1, 2, 3, 4 Maxtor* 4G160J8 Neptune D540DX ATA 5,400 160 1, 2, 3, 4 Maxtor MX 6L080J4 Viper D740-6L ATA 7,200 80 1, 2, 3, 4 Maxtor KU73J01703B Atlas III SCA-320 10,000 73 1, 2, 3, 4 Maxtor KW18J01E-030Z Atlas III SCA-160 10,000 18 1, 2, 3, 4 Samsung* SP4004H ATA100 SpinPoint P20 ATA 7,200 40 1, 2, 3, 4 Seagate* ST318406LC Cheetah 36ES U160 10,000 18 1, 2, 3, 4 Seagate ST318406LC Cheetah 36ES U160 10,000 18 1, 2, 3, 4 Seagate ST380021A Barracuda 4 ATA 7,200 80 1, 2, 3, 4 Regards, Lanny On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 07:38, Soeren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Keith Mitchell wrote: > > I just tried swapping one of the seagate drives with the WD ATA6 drive=20 > > so that the WD was aatached to the same motherboard and cable where the= =20 > > segate was happily working and the segate was attached to the same=20 > > motherboard and cable where the WD wasn't happily working. > >=20 > > And the result was the same... the seagte is still happily working and=20 > > the WD drive is crashing the same as it was before. >=20 > Hmm so the conclusion seems to be that the WD drive has problems, since > we know the controller works and other large drives works. > I have no idea why it would fail, could be subtle timing I guess ... >=20 > If I win the lottery I'll buy one and hack at it :) >=20 > -S=F8ren >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message --=20 +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~ Lanny Baron Proud to be 100% FreeBSD FreeBSD Systems, Inc / Freedom Technologies Corp. http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM 1.877.963.1900 +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~ --=-m+hAED1FiWjhwD2hLRoQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA+JgClmMM5HZ4HilwRArsAAJwPa7LOUjRDhsuKSyudj477CiWHuQCfX4L2 EEEhCy/ySXbwm/Dli/K9Wbo= =HRF0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-m+hAED1FiWjhwD2hLRoQ-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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