From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Keith Roberts Subject: Re: mdadm crashing server? Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:24:03 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <00c801c8a8e8$a1dc5670$0405a8c0@hp> Reply-To: Keith Roberts Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Return-path: In-Reply-To: <00c801c8a8e8$a1dc5670$0405a8c0@hp> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, Luke Sheldrick wrote: > To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org > From: Luke Sheldrick > Subject: mdadm crashing server? > > Hi all, > > Have a niggling problem on my home nas at the moment. > > I rebuilt a raid 1 array a few nights ago, and haven't > managed to get the disc's to resync since creating a ext3 > fs on the array. > > It would seem that as soon as they try to resync it > crashes the server, totally. All networking stops, not > responsive at the console. > > If I keep the array up with a single disc (doesn't matter > which) then all is fine. > > There is another raid on the server using mdadm which runs fine. > > Any ideas? > > Background: > Server running FC8, up to date on testing tree, although same problem on > stable. > The two disc's are on the tertiary ide (master, slave). Both maxtor > 250gb. > Server, Dell Poweredge 600sc. > > Thanks >From the Linux software raid howto: It is not recommended to run the same RAID1 array on the same IDE cable as master/slave. In fact the howto recommends 1 drive set as master on one cable only. One reason being if your master drive goes down, then the slave may not operate correctly. Kind Regards, Keith Roberts ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.karsites.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------