[CentOS] raid5 crash

[Farkas Levente]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 11:45 +0200, Farkas Levente wrote:
> 
>>after we change the motherboard, the raid contorller and the cables
>>too we still got it. finally we start netdump and last but not least
>>yesterday we got a crash log and a core file. it seems there is a bug
>>in the raid5 code of the kernel.  this is our backup server with 8 x
>>200GB hdd in a raid5 (for the data) plus 2 x 40GB hdd in raid1 (for
>>the system) with 3ware 8xxx raid contorller, running. i attached the
>>netdump log of the last crash.  how can i fix it?
> 
> 
> It looks like you are using the 3Ware Escalade card as "just a bunch of
> disks" (JBOD) and not using hardware RAID-5.  Is there any reason you're
> doing this?  Kinda seems to defeat the purpose of the card?

we use this since about 3 years. that day we read all kinf of docs and 
most people suggest to use in this way. faster (even you don't think 
so), easier, safer. just look trough the linux-raid list.

> Also be sure to always update the firmware of the card to the latest,
> and match it with the latest driver.  Running an older firmware with a
> newer driver is never ideal.

we always use the latest:-)

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   Levente                               "Si vis pacem para bellum!"