From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 26 01:21:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E2E216A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 01:21:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0918C43D53 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 01:21:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C959D72DD8; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:21:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C797372DD5; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:21:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:21:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Oliver Brandmueller In-Reply-To: <20050225110543.GA70464@e-Gitt.NET> Message-ID: <20050225171508.U30975@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20050223204202.31797.qmail@web11604.mail.yahoo.com> <013301c51a8b$ed2ad230$0300000a@Uzi> <6.2.1.2.0.20050224153015.02be6df0@64.7.153.2> <20050225083339.GA5014@aoi.wolfpond.org> <20050225110543.GA70464@e-Gitt.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA RAID Support X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 01:21:18 -0000 On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Oliver Brandmueller wrote: > Under heavy load (I/O load on the disks constantly over 200 tps, average > at about 250 tps, peaks over 600 tps) a random drive disconnects from > the RAID 10. After removing the drive from the config and rescanning the > bus, the drive does not show up anymore. The only way to get the drive > back is to unplug the drive (or switch the computer off, so that power > is removed). After that there is no problem to rebuild the RAID with > the drive. We were having problems with this even under light load, with Western Digital SATA disks (not Raptors I don't think). In some cases all of the disks would drop off the array. It was determined to be an incompatibility between the controller (8506, I believe) and the motherboard (Tyan S2721). We have many other systems with 3ware cards, but not that motherboard, that function normally and the vendor was unable to resolve the issue after repeated system/controller/disk/cable replacements. We eventually returned the affected systems to the manufacturer. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org