Re: 3ware driver errors

Jeff V. Merkey
2003-03-24T23:48:29Z

The person at WD to contact with specifics is listed below. We have seen it
on the 180GB drives, but the 200GB are also affected.

Suresh.Chekuri@wdc.com

Jeff

On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 03:44:10PM -0800, Larry McVoy wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 06:01:07PM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> > There is a firmware upgrade you need to obtain from WD if you are using their
> > drives with a 3Ware controller. The WD drives were optimized for desktop use
> > and they go into a "powersave" mode of sorts which will cause them to disappear
> > and reappear mysteriously with all sorts of strange errors. WD is aware of
> > this problem and so is 3Ware.
>
> Is this for all WD drives or just some? I've got some wd400 drives that
> I've been using for a long time behind a 3ware in jbod mode. I have seen
> some errors but they seem to have settled down. Is there any way to know?
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