From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad Campbell Subject: Re: Debugging a strange array corruption Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:29:31 +0800 Message-ID: <4D07470B.4060601@wasp.net.au> References: <4D07265F.8060109@wasp.net.au> <20101214142246.20c927e1@natsu> <4D073AF1.7090709@wasp.net.au> <20101214144231.0493d534@natsu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20101214144231.0493d534@natsu> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Roman Mamedov Cc: RAID Linux List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 14/12/10 17:42, Roman Mamedov wrote: > On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:37:53 +0800 > Brad Campbell wrote: > >> And in the prior incarnation I was only using 1 port on that controller so >> the problem would never have manifested itself. Thanks, at least I have >> something to try. > > To add another idea to my previous reply, it should be pretty easy to test for > the presence of this particular problem by running your dd+md5sum test on just > the two physical disks which are plugged into that controller, starting the > tests simultaneously on both disks (in two terminal windows). See if you get > varying sums over several runs that way. I just finished that test. Can I cry now? Thanks Roman, I'd *never* have pegged it otherwise. Anyone want a slightly second hand SIL 2 port controller? Regards, -- Dolphins are so intelligent that within a few weeks they can train Americans to stand at the edge of the pool and throw them fish.