From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 21 6:14: 6 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25C1B37B401; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 06:14:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from jetpac.epcdirect.co.uk (mail.epcdirect.co.uk [195.10.242.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E16F043FCB; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 06:14:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-hw@epcdirect.co.uk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jetpac.epcdirect.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CDAD88F1E; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 14:14:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lfarr (l-farr.int.epcdirect.co.uk [192.168.6.200]) by jetpac.epcdirect.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5751F88F0E; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 14:13:58 +0000 (GMT) From: "Lawrence Farr" To: "'Bruce Campbell'" , Cc: Subject: RE: problem on 1TB filesystem RAID 5 3ware Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 14:13:57 -0000 Message-ID: <003301c2efb4$1cb23cf0$c806a8c0@lfarr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 In-Reply-To: <1048255662.3e7b1cae5341c@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by EPC Direct X-Razor-id: a54a7aa2836f8d726ca546c54a11459ac4b3da6c Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Have a look at: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/twe/ Lawrence Farr EPC Direct Limited > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of > Bruce Campbell > Sent: 21 March 2003 14:08 > To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: problem on 1TB filesystem RAID 5 3ware > > > > The author of the twe driver, Michael Smith, confirms he > hasn't worked on the driver for several years now. > > Quoting Bruce Campbell : > > > > I openned a case with 3ware tech support and they responded: > > > > >We do not support FreeBSD plus the > > >current driver for FreeBSD has not been > > >updated for some time to keep up with > > >firmware changes. > > > > > >Please try linux instead. > > > > So I guess I will try that and see what happens. > > > > > > Quoting Simon : > > > > > > I have a hard time believing that hardware implementation of > > > RAID5 would corrupt files over RAID10, perhaps your 3ware > > > card/its firmware is malfunctioning, but anything is possible. > > > Well, I'll have to see for myself, I'm about to build RAID5 NAS > > > using maxtor drives and 7500-8 3ware card. > > > > > > -Simon > > > > > > On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:05:36 -0500, Bruce Campbell wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Tested with RAID 10 instead of RAID 5, success ! > > > > > > > >RAID 10 arrays tested: 6xWD200GB and 8xWD200GB both worked > > > >RAID 5 arrays tested: 6xWD200GB and 4xWD200GB both failed > > > > > > > >Note: 3ware lists the WD 200GB disk as "Under Test". (ie > they have not yet > > > > > >given it a "Compatible" rating) > > > > > > > >details of tests and the procedure to detect the failure etc at > > > > > > > > > > >http://www.freebsd.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/bin/view/Freebsd/Backup ServerProblem > > > > > >I still have to try an officially approved drive. > > > > > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------- > > >This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Bruce Campbell > Engineering Computing > CPH-2374B > University of Waterloo > (519)888-4567 ext 5889 > > ---------------------------------------- > This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca > -- Bruce Campbell Engineering Computing CPH-2374B University of Waterloo (519)888-4567 ext 5889 ---------------------------------------- This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message