I openned a case with 3ware tech support and they responded:

>We do not support FreeBSD plus the
>current driver for FreeBSD has not been
>updated for some time to keep up with
>firmware changes. 
>
>Please try linux instead. 

So I guess I will try that and see what happens.


Quoting Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
> I have a hard time believing that hardware implementation of
> RAID5 would corrupt files over RAID10, perhaps your 3ware
> card/its firmware is malfunctioning, but anything is possible.
> Well, I'll have to see for myself, I'm about to build RAID5 NAS
> using maxtor drives and 7500-8 3ware card.
> 
> -Simon
> 
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:05:36 -0500, Bruce Campbell wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >Tested with RAID 10 instead of RAID 5, success !
> >
> >RAID 10 arrays tested:  6xWD200GB and 8xWD200GB both worked
> >RAID 5 arrays tested: 6xWD200GB and 4xWD200GB both failed
> >
> >Note: 3ware lists the WD 200GB disk as "Under Test". (ie they have not yet 
> >given it a "Compatible" rating) 
> >
> >details of tests and the procedure to detect the failure etc at
> >
> >http://www.freebsd.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/bin/view/Freebsd/BackupServerProblem
> >
> >I still have to try an officially approved drive.
> >
> >
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