From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752613AbXCEDRz (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:17:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752617AbXCEDRz (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:17:55 -0500 Received: from web52511.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.48.194]:36931 "HELO web52511.mail.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752613AbXCEDRy (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:17:54 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=u7SaFLiKXyBtJkmMfWVy0fqNHrFROmWXf/lqFmOrbi5JS45A5vOEKBqpmMR2Rh07CnMfsF1BRAjpe4RWbJT42zv2fps2vIAqrn2X51CXJOSy/qzrKnPmRHpVNxQvm4hfKKl1en+CzvTONAHlnL+DvLwaTWZrRy5dl7JgRxhYhyQ=; X-YMail-OSG: YPKtumsVM1n0lSDc7IPqiTuM3uI.8iTglZukswTrZtFnmAmn8mfsWl.qTlunxQPkIcDzzKsmPqniazAffZenHj9UZugK.8K8RQwNY3b.s6ZQ9eXjyuu6a_vZ0Z_t1Uxg_gS9gxgoIXSGo0fZRQTJlmSeug-- Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:17:53 -0800 (PST) From: Marc Perkel Subject: Re: Raid 10 Problems? To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-ID: <697121.9642.qm@web52511.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Mar 4 2007 15:10, Marc Perkel wrote: > >> On Mar 4 2007 08:25, Marc Perkel wrote: > >> >I'm running the latest OpenVZ kernel 2.6.18. I'm > >> not > >> >sure if this is a factor or not as the problem > >> occurs > >> >without starting any VEs. > >> > > >> >I've never used raid 10 before (stripes on top > of 2 > >> >mirrors) so I don't have anything to compare > this > >> >with. I'm just wondering if I'm doing something > >> wrong. > >> > >> Are you using raid1+0 (3 md devices) or raid10 (1 > >> raid device)? > >> Depending on which, you might want to try the > other. > > > > > >I'm using 3 devices. Can you use just one? If so - > >how? > >How do I create a raid 10 using mdadm? > > mdadm -C /dev/md0 -N nicearray -b internal -e 1.0 -l > 10 -n 4 /dev/sd[abcd]1 > > for example. (See the manpage for details.) > Thanks - because of your suggestion I had found the instructions. But you have some interesting options set. -N nicearray -b internal -e 1.0 Are these important? I can restart the process. I think that I found my original problem. I forgot to use: pci=nommconf iommu=soft ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265