Re: [Vserver] a bit off topic but good to know if there is a known problem

From: Chuck <chuck_at_sbbsnet.net>
Date: Mon 05 Mar 2007 - 11:26:52 GMT
Message-Id: <200703050626.53543.chuck@sbbsnet.net>

On Monday 05 March 2007 06:15, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 05:42:01PM -0500, Chuck wrote:
> > i have seen many of you have similar setups so if there is a known
> > problem we should all know about it...
> >
> > has anyone heard of a problem with the sda channel in the SATA on
> > board silicone image 3114 controller in general or on a tyan 2882D
> > series motherboard using opteron processors? we are running a software
> > raid1 and sda keeps going south even with a new hdd to the point it is
> > not detectable at all.. a power down, unplug plug back in and restart
> > usually cures it and the array re-syncs then gets an error and sda is
> > no longer visible to anything,.. it is a tyan GX28 system.
> >
> > i am running all my vserver partitions on lvm2 under this if that has
> > any bearing..
> >
> > outside of a faulty motherboard i am at a loss as to what could cause
> > this.
>
> this is what google had to say :)
>
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=351495
>
http://www.leenooks.com/Silicon+Image+311x+sata+controllers+and+some+Seagate+disks
>
> in general, the Sil 311x is considered very slow
> and 'crappy' but it should be supported quite fine
>
> http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/gx28b2882_spec.html
>
> looking at the specs for the GX28 I see AMD chipsets
> which 'might' lack proper support, the Sil 3114 there
> is also connected to the legacy 32bit bus and does
> only support SATA 1.0, so I wouldn#t expect too much
> from that ...
>

yeah performance is one thing but this actually loses the first drive.. claims
disk error then disconnects the drive from the array and it becomes invalid
even to fdisk. power cycle it and its fine for a while again.

> HTH,
> Herbert
>
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> > Chuck
> >
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-- 
Chuck
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and asked 'Why do you not get the viruses or the BlueScreensOfDeath
or insecure system troubles and slowness or pay through the nose 
for an OS as *we* do?!!', and I answered...'I use Linux'. "
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