Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

[Redeeman <redeeman@metanurb.dk>]

On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 22:30 +0100, Bernd Schubert wrote:
> Hello Bengt,
> 
> sil3114 is known to cause data corruption with some disks. So far I only know
> about Seagate, but maybe there issues with newer Samsungs as well?
> 
> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0710.2/2035.html
> 
> Unfortuntely this issue has been simply ignored by the SATA developers :(
> So if you want to be on the safe side, go an get another controller. 

Are you sure? is this not the "15" or "slow_down" thing mentioned here:
http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Sata_sil ?
> 
> I hope I won't frighten you too much, but it also might be possible one of 
> your disks has a problem,  I have also seen a few broken disks, which don't 
> return what you write to it...
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Bernd
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 07:42:30AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I need some support for this soft-raid system.
> >>
> >> I am running it as RAID5 with 4 samsung spinpoint 500G SATA300 tot 1.3T byte
> >>
> >> And it runs in http://sm7jqb.dnsalias.com
> >> I use mdadm sytem in a Debian Linux
> >> CPU 1.2Mhz 1G memory ( my older 433Mhz / 512M dont work at all )
> >>
> >> I have 'some courrupt' data. And I don't understand whay and how to fix it.
> >> Mybee slow it down more, but how slow it down?
> >>
> >> Any with experents from this cheep way of RAID systems.
> >>
> >> Ask for more information and I can get it, logs, setup files and what 
> >> you want
> >> to know.
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Bengt Samuelsson
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> >> 352 48 Växjö
> >>
> >> +46(0)703686441
> >>
> >> http://sm7jqb.se
> >>
> >>
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> >
> > If this is an mdadm-related raid (not dmraid) please show all relevant md 
> > info, mdadm -D /dev/md0, I have cc'd linux-raid on this thread for you.
> >
> > You'll want to read md.txt in /usr/src/linux/Documentation and read on 
> > the check and repair commands.
> >
> > In addition, have you run memtest86 on your system first to make sure its 
> > not memory related?
> >
> > Justin.
> 
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