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From: "Oddbjørn Kvalsund" <oddbjorn@nixx.no>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Possible performance issue with sata_sil og Gigabyte i-Ram
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:18:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070124131836.GM1054@nixx.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45B6884E.3030100@garzik.org>

On Tue 23 Jan 17:12, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> However, I am unable to keep it from corrupting data.  I primarily use 
> it on sil3114, just like your hardware, but I have the same problems 
> with other controllers.
> 
> My gut feeling is that the i-RAM has very strict RAM model requirements, 
> and needs the latest firmware, but I have not yet tested these hypotheses.

Hm, that's a pity! I have used an Apacer 512 MB PC2700 module in my i-Ram
for testing, but I have ordered two Kingston KVR400X64C3A/1G sticks
that are on Gigabytes list of recommended ram modules[1].

The Apacer module hasn't given my any trouble though. I ran some stress
tests on it last night, bonnie++[2] and stress[3] for a few hours, and
as far as I could tell this didn't screw up the file system in any way.
Do you have any test applications that can reproduce the error on your
i-Ram? I'd be more than happy to do some testing both using my old
Apacer module and the new Kingston modules when they arrive.

With regards to the i-Ram being picky about RAM, check this post:
http://www.nerdnos.net/?newsarchives
According to this guy, the i-Ram does not support high density ram
modules. Could this be what's causing your data/file system corruption?

[1]: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Peripherals/FAQ_Model.aspx?FAQID=2152&ProductID=2076
[2]: http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/
[3]: http://weather.ou.edu/~apw/projects/stress/

-- 
Oddbjørn Kvalsund

  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-24 13:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-23 20:53 Possible performance issue with sata_sil og Gigabyte i-Ram Oddbjørn Kvalsund
2007-01-23 22:12 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-01-24 13:18   ` Oddbjørn Kvalsund [this message]
2007-01-23 23:21 ` Alan
2007-01-23 23:16   ` Jeff Garzik
2007-01-24 11:17   ` Oddbjørn Kvalsund

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