Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 11:50:38 +0100 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.2 filesystem corruption Message-ID: <6B0E2319-2D76-462B-8AF9-334A80D43E6E@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1005210418190.12593@hotlap.local> References: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1005210322440.12593@hotlap.local> <592C3AA0-3C96-4EC2-A2EF-E31FA8580101@gid.co.uk> <alpine.OSX.2.00.1005210418190.12593@hotlap.local>
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On 21 May 2010, at 09:21, Charles Sprickman wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010, Bob Bishop wrote: >=20 >> Hi, >>=20 >> On 21 May 2010, at 09:04, Charles Sprickman wrote: >>=20 >>> Hello all, >>>=20 >>> [...]I have a box (Dell PE 2970) running FreeBSD 7.2/amd-64. 6 GB = of ECC RAM, and a Dell-branded LSI RAID controller (mpt driver). [tale = of woe elided] >>=20 >> For any case of spooky behaviour involving SCSI, make completely sure = that the SCSI cabling is above suspicion. If it isn't, your sanity will = be the first casualty. >=20 > FWIW, this is SATA. [etc] I've had problems with some SATA drives either going `not ready' for a = short time, or not going ready within the time expected by the = controller. This can make some RAID controllers drop the disk for = instance. As discussed elsewhere, error handling by some drivers leaves = something to be desired. -- Bob Bishop rb@gid.co.uk
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