Re: SCSI Timeout: errors resulting in system crash

Tomi Hakala <tomi.hakala-+hu+U3gmqIh/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.drivers.aacraid.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
"j.b. zimmerman" wrote:
> We have a Dell 2650 which we've been testing prior to putting it into
> production as a mail server.  We're running Debian 3.0, with a 2.4.18
> kernel, and have a 2-drive mirror for the system drive and a 3-drive
> RAID5 set for the mail directories.
>
> After only a few days in live mode, we lost the system; it crashed,
> requiring a powercycle.  Upon rebooting (which went fine) we found
> entries in the logs looking like this: 
> ---cut---
> Feb 25 01:19:00 skeptopotamus kernel: aacraid:ID(1:03:0) Timeout
>detected on cmd[0x28]
> Feb 25 01:19:00 skeptopotamus kernel: aacraid:SCSI Channel[1]: Timeout
> Detected On 2 Command(s)

Upgrade kernel to 2.4.20, it has updated AACRAID driver. I haven't had a
single problem with PE2650 running a 2.4.20 on Debian Woody.
 
> My question:  Is this a drive error?  If so, why would it bring down the
> system, given that both RAID sets are redundant?  If not, what are my
> options?

More likely problem with a driver.

-- 
 // Tomi Hakala
// Song Networks, System Services

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