From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg Freemyer Subject: Re: Odd RAID failure Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:42:32 -0400 Message-ID: <87f94c370904091142m79c60d7cy2e377c40b2f7f0c1@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090404173205.GIRT22375.cdptpa-omta01.mail.rr.com@Leslie> <49DE3AB2.5030503@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.240]:5346 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757203AbZDISmw convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:42:52 -0400 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d14so679992and.1 for ; Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:42:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49DE3AB2.5030503@kernel.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: lrhorer@satx.rr.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Tejun Heo wrote: > Lelsie Rhorer wrote: > ... >> The issue is the entire array will occasionally pause completely for= about >> 40 seconds when a file is created. =A0This does not always happen, b= ut the >> situation is easily reproducible. > > Does the kernel whine about anything when this happens? Tejun, There is a long thread on linux-raid about this issue: http://markmail.org/message/a32fsnsaa5mmpthw Per the thread, Leslie is not seeing anything in the logs. Greg --=20 Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer =46irst 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.p= df The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com