From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kallol Biswas Subject: Re: LSI MegaRAID SATA 300-X8 problems Date: 12 Jul 2005 07:40:47 -0700 Message-ID: <1121179247.8199.3.camel@driver> References: <42A5F235.6000300@buf.fr> <42A601E0.8090404@buf.fr> <42A85F96.5080608@buf.fr> Reply-To: kallol@nucleodyne.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net ([204.127.202.64]:6312 "EHLO sccrmhc13.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261489AbVGLOnZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:43:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <42A85F96.5080608@buf.fr> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Alexander Jolk Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Hello Alexander, Could you get the LSI MegaRAID SATA 300-8X controller working for a long duration? Have you run any performance benchmark on it yet? How much bandwidth do you get with the controller? Thanks, Kallol kallol@nucleodyne.com http://www.nucleodyne.com On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 08:26, Alexander Jolk wrote: > Alexander Jolk wrote: > > Jolk wrote: > > > >> I'm trying to get an LSI MegaRAID SATA 300-X8 controller to work on a > >> Debian/sarge system with kernel 2.6.11-9-em64t-p4-smp from unstable. > >> The megaraid_mbox module is loaded and seems to identify the > >> controller, but whenever I try to access the disk, I get SCSI errors, > >> the controller alarm goes off, and upon inspection in the BIOS, the > >> first SATA disc is marked `FAILED'. Reconfiguring the RAID lets me > >> restart the whole process. > > > > > > Following up to myself, I compiled my own kernel 2.6.11.11 and things > > appear to work so far. Known problem that has been fixed, or worth > > investigating? > > Any pointers, anybody? While things are working a little better, I > still get a complete RAID crash every once in a while (a few hours of > use, typically). Since I have got no reaction so far, is more > information needed, or should I take my questions somewhere else? Where? > > Alex >