From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: Reiserfs Data Recovery Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 18:45:18 +0300 Message-ID: <404DE68E.3080706@namesys.com> References: <404C81B9.4050504@nsanity.com> <20040308184124.GE5817@dbz.icequake.net> <404CC8AA.9020405@nsanity.com> <20040308215919.GB11093@dbz.icequake.net> <404DAC43.6070501@namesys.com> <404DD7CD.6030004@nsanity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <404DD7CD.6030004@nsanity.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Nick Vahalik Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Nick Vahalik wrote: > Hans Reiser wrote: > >> Ryan Underwood wrote: >> >>> >>> Running Hardware Raid1 on top of a highpoint 37x2 raid controller >>> 2x80 GB Drives >>> ---------------- >>> >>> >> I had really bad experiences with highpoint. >> > Actually, I messed up... It should have been raid 0 instead of raid 1. > But I haven't had any problems so far. I did test the memory of my > system and memtest didn't give any errors. I will, however run the IBM > DFT tool and see if it can detect any error with the drives. > > My bad experience was with getting their drivers to work with 2.6, and I tried to use raid 1..., and I figured out that it wasn't really hardware raid because it needed a software driver that wasn't in 2.6 and it was work to figure out that it was missing and they don't provide telephone support and, oh, I just hated them by the end of the experience.... I ended up just using each drive as a separate device and their hardware as a dumb ide controller. -- Hans