Could the problem be related to this bug: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6793353
I'm testing setting the maximum payload size as a workaround, as noted in the bug notes. On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Blake <blake.ir...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think that TMC Research is the company that designed the > Supermicro-branded controller card that has the Marvell SATA > controller chip on it. Googling around I see connections between > Supermicro and TMC. > > This is the card: > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-SAT2-MV8.cfm > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Remco Lengers <re...@lengers.com> wrote: >> Something is not right in the IO space. The messages talk about >> >> vendor ID = 11AB >> >> 0x11AB Marvell Semiconductor >> >> TMC Research >> >> Vendor Id: 0x1030 >> Short Name: TMC >> >> Does "fmdump -eV" give any clue when the box comes back up? >> >> ..Remco >> >> >> Blake wrote: >>> >>> I'm attaching a screenshot of the console just before reboot. The >>> dump doesn't seem to be working, or savecore isn't working. >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Blake <blake.ir...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm working on testing this some more by doing a savecore -L right >>>> after I start the copy. >>>> >>>> BTW, I'm copying to a raidz2 of only 5 disks, not 16 (the chassis >>>> supports 16, but isn't fully populated). >>>> >>>> So far as I know, there is no spinup happening - these are not RAID >>>> controllers, just dumb SATA JBOD controllers, so I don't think they >>>> control drive spin in any particular way. Correct me if I'm wrong, of >>>> course. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Marc Bevand <m.bev...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The copy operation will make all the disks start seeking at the same >>>>> time and >>>>> will make your CPU activity jump to a significant percentage to compute >>>>> the >>>>> ZFS checksum and RAIDZ parity. I think you could be overloading your PSU >>>>> because of the sudden increase in power consumption... >>>>> >>>>> However if you are *not* using SATA staggered spin-up, then the above >>>>> theory >>>>> is unlikely because spinning up consumes much more power than when >>>>> seeking. >>>>> So, in a sense, a successful boot proves your PSU is powerful enough. >>>>> >>>>> Trying reproducing the problem by copying data on a smaller number of >>>>> disks. >>>>> You tried 2 and 16. Try 8. >>>>> >>>>> -marc >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> zfs-discuss mailing list >>>>> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> zfs-discuss mailing list >>>> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
