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From: Roman Mamedov <rm@romanrm.ru>
To: James Doebbler <jamesdoebbler@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-raid <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Corruption during RAID5->RAID6 migration
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 03:13:03 +0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130515031303.653f6d56@natsu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJDy477412O8_saeP-YYxXSoQsgMy8jEgdfXa7p5_2V54nMG=Q@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, 14 May 2013 15:56:57 -0500
James Doebbler <jamesdoebbler@gmail.com> wrote:

> Roman,
> 
> I suppose that means you think it's hardware-related then.  Do you
> have any suggestions on what/how I might be able to recover?
> 
> Hardware details:
> 
> The motherboard is ECS A785GM-M with 6x internal SATAII and 2x eSATAII
> I have installed 2 x SYBA SD-SA2PEX-2IR (SiI3132 Chipset), each with
> 2x onboard SATAII

Hello,

This card and in fact the 3132 chipset is known to corrupt data when both
ports are accessed simultaneously at high speed.

> http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Hardware_Compatibility
> SYBA (PCI-E X1) 2 port SATA II (SiI3132)
> Beware!!! There are numerous providers of SiL3132-based addon cards, and a few of them (unknown how many) are known to be faulty, causing unseen (SILENT) data corruption - see
> http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=18428.msg167122#msg167122
> http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=21052.msg187437#msg187437

Earlier discussions on linux-raid:
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.raid/30629
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.raid/33369
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.raid/33346

Some more reports:
http://s.lowendshare.com/4/1368565867.495.2013-05-14T211035Z-syba3132.png
http://forum.ixbt.com/topic.cgi?id=11:35147-39#1199 (Russian)

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With respect,
Roman

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-14 21:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-14 19:56 Corruption during RAID5->RAID6 migration James Doebbler
2013-05-14 20:08 ` Roman Mamedov
2013-05-14 20:56   ` James Doebbler
2013-05-14 21:13     ` Roman Mamedov [this message]
     [not found]       ` <CAJDy476Akqz+Q8FA-dRXVf6FxqYB2QgcozFnFZ9dCa9mWv_90A@mail.gmail.com>
2013-05-14 22:07         ` Fwd: " James Doebbler

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