Re: adaptec 2810sa ide raid problem

[Pasi Pirhonen <upi iki fi>]

Hi,


On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 11:30:24AM -0700, Grunloh, Robert wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> we have a new dual AMD64 server with an Adaptec 2810sa ide raid card. I have
> the card seemingly working, but the system locks up overnight (nothing in
> the logs or on screen) and I suspect driver issues. Has anyone had
> experience with this card and rhel3 for amd64 (fully patched with
> 2.4.21-15.0.3.ELsmp)?

I've withnessed this under (my) Tao Linux too with this very latest
kernel. Three lockups on one dual-opteron (Tyak K8S) and even two on 
another (MSI something) before i replaced the kernel on that one.

I've had that Tyan since eraly December last year nad that have been
rock solid (if i don't count some expriments on my kernel patches).

I suspect there is something wrong on the kernel. I changed the kernel
today to update3 beta kernel and will monitor it further.

So i run on pure Tyan K8S and not signle PCI-card installed and still
hangs.


> 
> Thanks for any info. If this isn't reliable, how are people's experiences
> with 3ware cards?
> 

As much i hate bashing, i have to say that i've had my problems with
3ware 9500S-8 and Maxtor drives. There is one firmware version which
isn't working with that 3ware at all (the only one certified on
available PDF). It didn't take even one week stress testing before it
failed one drive which i had to 'badblock -svw' on another machine
before it even accepted it back (kept failing sectors immetiadetly).

Might work better with another brand drives. I only have those 250GB
Maxtors. Those maxtors are working aOK with any other SATA-port i've
ised them (i have prox. 30 ports now at home).

So i am not so happy with this 3ware SATA-stuff. Thank god i have
several Sun A1000 boxes which _ARE_ working reliably :)


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