3ware array access lock up on 7.1-RC

[Artem Kuchin]

Mel пишет:
> On Friday 26 December 2008 08:12:49 Artem Kuchin wrote:
>   
>> I am not even sure that it is related to freebsd, but maybe someone could
>> point out the problem.
>>
>> We wanted to upgrade our hosting server from
>> FreeBSD 6.2, 3ware 8506-4LP SATA RAID, raid 5
>> to
>> FreeBSD 7.1 (RC for now), 9550SXU-4LP, raid 10
>>
>> We have tested the new installation on ASUS P5K WS motherboard
>> with PCI-X slot while the server kept running.
>>
>> The server has Supermicro X5DPE-G2  (pretty old one, 2004).
>>
>> So, when everything was ready, i just took out the old controller and
>> disks and installed the new controller and the array disks.
>>
>> The system booted up, but when i started very intense file operations
>> the file
>> system just froze. The weird thing is that any open program which does
>> not use
>> filesystem kept running fine. For example, i could type and edit in open
>> ee editor,
>> but copying progress bar in midnight commander just stood still. If i
>> tried to save file
>> or open file or do anything disk related from ee in another console the
>> program froze too,
>> apparently waiting for disk system to reply forever (i tried waiting for
>> 20 minutes).
>> I could even connect to ssh port, but it does not auth because sshd
>> needs to read something
>> from the disk.
>> I put everything back into Asus P5K WS and tested it. Everything worked
>> fine again.
>>
>> Any idea what might going on here?
>>     
>
> OS bugs aside, a dead disk that keeps getting IO request explains all 
> symptoms. Dead can also mean, faulty cable, buggy connector. I would expect 
> the hardware raid controller to pick up on it though and remove it from the 
> array.
>   
No, not the case here. As i said, the same controller with the same 
disks work perfectly on ASUS motherboard.


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Artem