From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vladimir Ivashchenko Subject: Re: sun x4500 soft lockup during raid creation Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:38:06 +0200 Message-ID: <1233344286.14088.36.camel@hazard2.francoudi.com> References: <1233174633.7008.34.camel@hazard2.francoudi.com> <20090128223330.GA14409@sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> <20090128230852.GA8495@francoudi.com> <49831CBB.8010609@tmr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <49831CBB.8010609@tmr.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Bill Davidsen Cc: Tru Huynh , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 10:28 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > I changed the kernel to 2.6.27.12-78.2.8.fc9.i686 and so far it is stable. > > > > x64 will be the next step. i686 is what our guys install by default, I didn't bother to reinstall it. > > > > In spite of the theoretical benefits of 64 bit, I find that the > advantages are "measurable but not noticeable" for most things. The lack > of 64 bit versions of some applications was a problem for me, but may > not be for you. I did find that even building from source not all > applications worked right, or worked at all, or in some cases compiled. :-( More or less this is our experience also, but this box will only be used as a file-server. Does anybody know if software RAID benefits when being run in 64-bit ? -- Best Regards, Vladimir Ivashchenko Chief Technology Officer PrimeTel PLC, Cyprus - www.prime-tel.com Tel: +357 25 100100 Fax: +357 2210 2211