Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:24:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net> To: "Marat N.Afanasyev" <amarat@ksu.ru> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Peter_Ankerst=E5l?= <peter@pean.org> Subject: Re: LSI Logic raid status Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.2.00.0903241623160.49636@freemac.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com> In-Reply-To: <49C93983.4030306@ksu.ru> References: <91FBB56E-9B1F-469D-A83E-03396AA850FC@pean.org> <61AAA3A1-B794-4CF5-8F16-F30DB42940D9@verweg.com> <F0FE0D3A-7190-4877-9946-6542071EF731@pean.org> <754A2F8B-21E7-493A-BD31-EA5691082D1E@bway.net> <0B69CE4E-CC04-445B-9E84-C8E359136CCF@pean.org> <49C9326E.3070108@samsco.org> <58260D6F-FBE8-49C5-918D-5EDB57BA794B@pean.org> <49C93983.4030306@ksu.ru>
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On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Marat N.Afanasyev wrote: > Peter Ankerst?l wrote: >> >> On Mar 24, 2009, at 8:20 PM, Scott Long wrote: >> >>> Peter Ankerst?l wrote: >>>> On Mar 24, 2009, at 8:00 PM, Charles Sprickman wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> dev.mpt.0.nonoptimal_volumes: 0 >>>>> >>>>> Don't test whether the "nonoptimal_volumes" parameter works, it does - >>>>> but if you pull a drive, FreeBSD likes to panic both on the loss of a >>>>> disk >>>>> and then again when the drive is reconnected and the rebuild completes. >>>>> This is apparently some problem in the CAM layer, not the mpt driver, >>>>> but >>>>> it's something to be aware of. Scott Long has noted that this is being >>>>> worked on in 8.x. >>>> Yes, I tried to remove a drive today. Of course I need to see if it works >>>> properly >>>> before using it "for real". It did, but just as you say it paniced when I >>>> pulled the >>>> drive and when is was resynced. But it sound great if someone is working >>>> on >>>> this problem! >>> >>> The instability during a rebuild should be fixed in 7.2 (and 7-stable as >>> of about the last month). If you can, please update your sources and >>> let me know if it helps. >>> >>> As for actually monitoring and configuring arrays, that work is in >>> progress. >>> >>> Scott >> >> Im running RELENG_7 cvsuped and built like 15 hours ago. I still have this >> problem. >> Please come back to me if you want some additional information about the >> setup. >> >> -- >> Peter Ankerst?l >> peter@pean.org >> http://www.pean.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > I'd rather prefer using a gmirror/gstripe instead of mpt semihardware raid > then ;) The LSI card is not "semi-hardware" RAID, it's an actual RAID controller. It's also in a ton of Dell products as well. It's a decent enough controller and not terribly pricey. Charles > -- > SY, Marat > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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