Re: AW: PE2650 / Perc 3Di crash

So I took a look yesterday for having firmware
revision of my disks and I coudn't find this
information anywhere ???

BUT I remarked that defaults settings for my Adaptec
Controller configures write caching to off and I am
currently using 2.4.22-pre6-ac1 and still got the
problem ...

The only thing very strange in my case is I got this
problem after few minutes ... NOT hours or days.

As I said it earlier, I will try to find time for
compiling a SMP kernel under FreeBSD to see the
behaviour of this OS.

--- Vincent Blondel <vincent_blondel-/[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I sould look at this tonight when I return to home
> ...
> The only thing I can say is I have never made any
> firmware updates until now.
> 
> --- Andy De Petter <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > What firmware REV do you have on your disks?
> > 
> > -a
> > 
> > Vincent Blondel wrote:
> > 
> > >Andy,
> > >
> > >If I compare your disks with those I have in my
> > >server, you got no problems with
> > >
> > >ST318406LC ( Cheetah 36es ) --> U160
> > >
> > >but you got well problems with disks
> > >
> > >ST336753LC ( Cheetah 15.3K ) --> U320 and I got
> > >problems with the same disks ( just 18.4 G0
> instead
> > of
> > >36.7 Go but I don't know firmware revision of my
> > disks
> > >... )
> > >ST318453LC ( Cheetah 15.3K ) --> U320.
> > >
> > >So if we look at Cheetah 15.3K specifications,
> > these
> > >disks are U320 interface and SCSI RAID Controller
> > >5400s is a U160 interface.
> > >
> > >So, maybe problems come from this or other
> > >specifications in the Cheetah 15.3K product.
> > >
> > >vincent
> > >
> > >--- Andy De Petter <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >  
> > >
> > >>Sorry, forgot to put the revision on the Seagate
> > >>ST336753LC: it's REV A00
> > >>
> > >>-a
> > >>
> > >>Andy De Petter wrote:
> > >>
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>I have a 2650 with:
> > >>>   OS disk (volume container)
> > >>>      Seagate ST318406LC (REV A01)
> > >>>   Data disks (stripe container)
> > >>>      Fujitsu MAM3367MC (REV A1-21)
> > >>>
> > >>>which does not crash, under any circumstances,
> > and
> > >>>      
> > >>>
> > >>machines that do:
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>   OS disk (volume container)
> > >>>      Maxtor OSW925 (REV A00)
> > >>>   Data disks (stripe container)
> > >>>      Seagate ST336753LC (REV A00)
> > >>>
> > >>>   OS disk (volume container)
> > >>>      Maxtor OSW925 (REV A00)
> > >>>   Data disks (stripe container)
> > >>>      Maxtor OSW925 (REV A00)
> > >>>
> > >>>So we're starting to suspect the disks to have
> > >>>      
> > >>>
> > >>something to do with it 
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>(or potentially the firmware REV)
> > >>>
> > >>>Any others that recognize this? ;)
> > >>>
> > >>>-Andy
> > >>>
> > >>>Andy De Petter wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>      
> > >>>
> > >>>>Another update: I have a working server, with
> > >>>>        
> > >>>>
> > >>Fujitsu disks ..   On 
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>>all servers, running Seagate or Maxtor disks
> > >>>>        
> > >>>>
> > >>(both REV. A.00), I have 
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>>timeout problems.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>I'll post the exact type of models of
> > >>>>        
> > >>>>
> > >>Fujitsu/Seagate/Maxtor disks 
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>>tomorrow, so we can maybe see if this is
> similar
> > >>>>        
> > >>>>
> > >>case, with other 
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>>people having problems.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>-Andy
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Matthias Pigulla wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>        
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>Some more news:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>A technician from the remote data center
> where
> > >>>>>          
> > >>>>>
> > >>the server is located
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>>>just gave me a call. He said that the
> server's
> > >>>>>          
> > >>>>>
> > >>status display was
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>>>flashing orange, showing "HD FAILED E0D76";
> all
> > >>>>>          
> > >>>>>
> > >>the HDD status LEDs are
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>>>green.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Now - is that a broken/bogus/unstable disk or
> a
> > >>>>>          
> > >>>>>
> > >>software problem? Loose
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>>>cabling? ... ?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Best regards,
> > >>>>>Matthias
> > >>>>>
> >
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