Hello,
I recently decided to build an array for storage purposes.
It is a RAID 5 array with 3 Maxtor drives and is running under RedHat
7.3.
The array is fairly fast but runs into a problem... After I copy about
10 GB to the array, it "loses" a disk and hangs the system.
If the system is rebooted, the 3ware bios reports, I forget
the exact terminology but, one of the disks is bad. I then rebuild
the array and the same thing happens.
3ware support has been contacted and they state that there are
certain irrecoverable errors that might happen on the drive itself that
can cause the problem.
The raid is currently scrapped. I've connected the drives to
the onboard UDMA66 controller and created partitions. Then ran
badblocks
with write mode turned on. The output file was empty, I am assuming
this
means no bad blocks. I then formatted the drive and ran dump32fs on it,
still nothing.
The controller has come up before on the list. Has anyone
had similar experiences with it? Am I just unlucky with this particular
board? And last but not least, am I doing something completely
sdrawkcab?
Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks.
System specifics:
A-BIT BE6-II
PIII - 733
512 MB
3ware 6410
Asus GeForce II GTS
SoundBlaster Live! Value
3c905
IBM 30 GB boot drive
3 x Maxtor 80 GB (hopefully in a RAID 5 config...)
RedHat 7.3
3ware firmware 6.9
Stock RH7.3 driver (matches latest on their website)
Latest 3dmd (web based config utility for 3ware cards)
All 3ware software at latest versions specified on their website...
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