On 05/19/06 01:45:34PM +0200, H. Wilmer wrote: > Jim Crilly wrote: > > >Reloading a SCSI host driver (i.e. gdth, aic7xxx, etc) will increase the > >counter, reloading the SCSI core itself (scsi_mod) will reset the counter > >back to zero. > > There's no such module; I think SCSI support is compiled into the kernel.
That would probably be a valid assumption. > > I would also have compiled the gdth support in, but unfortunately it was > only possible to compile it as a module. That in turn required to use an > initrd.image :( > Well to even attempt reloading anything you need it as a module, infact I prefer to make everything possible a module and use an initrd. But in this case it wouldn't make a difference since you can't umount the filesystem to be able to reload the module anyway. > >Are you sure you're using gdth for your root? I thought it was just for > >SCSI controllers, I didn't know any SATA controllers used chipsets > >supported by that driver. > > Yes, the Vortex is an SATA RAID controller and needs the gdth module: > > > 0000:02:02.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec ASC-29320A U320 (rev 10) > 0000:03:01.0 RAID bus controller: ICP Vortex Computersysteme GmbH GDT NEWRX > > > There are no other disks than those attached to the RAID controller in > the server. The only device on the Adaptec is a tape changer. > > > I can recommend the Vortex controller, no problems with it in about two > years. It's running a RAID5, 1TB on 4 disks plus one spare. > > If a disk fails, it will beep, so you _will_ notice. You replace the > disk and that's all. --- I've had a disk failing in another server that > also has a Vortex after about 3 months. It beeped and kicked in the > spare; the replaced disk is now the spare, so it gets away with only one > rebuild. > > 3wares are a little cheaper and work also (no problems except for a disk > starting to fail in about 3 years, running RAID1 with two IDE disks), > but they don't have a beeper. > > A beeper is definitely worthwhile. > > > GH I was under the false impression that the gdth driver was just for some older legacy cards, the card definitely sounds nice I'll have to consider one next time I need a RAID controller. Jim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
