Read / write timeouts on SATA disks connected to ICH9

[Pieter de Boer]

Adam Vande More wrote:

>> May  5 03:01:37 aberdeen kernel: ad4: timeout waiting to issue command
>> May  5 03:01:37 aberdeen kernel: ad4: error issuing WRITE_DMA48 command
>> May  5 03:01:37 aberdeen kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Request failed (error=5).
>> ad4[WRITE(offset=200404975104, length=16384)]
>> May  5 03:01:37 aberdeen kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0: provider ad4
>> disconnected.

> Have you tried replacing/checking the cables?  Does it always happen to ad4?
>  Your drive could be dying, try swapping it out and see if the errors
> persist.
> 
It happens to both drives and to both drives I replaced a month ago with 
these. Didn't replace the cables back then, but they were correctly 
attached and are now. Also it would be odd that both cables are broken 
at the same time.

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Pieter