Re: FC4 x86_64 dies with heavy SATA RAID load

From: Mark Miksis (mark.nospamplease_at_miksis.com)
Date: 06/30/05

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    Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:59:02 -0700
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    Peter Arremann wrote:
    > Actually, I have some 9500s that are finally getting stable. Each new
    > driver revision and each new firmware is better than the last and by
    > now, I have no issues (also running the x86_64 but on amd hardware).
    >
    Thanks for the encouraging feedback. It appears that the driver in FC4
    is a bit old (and doesn't seem to correspond to a 3Ware release). Are
    you running SMP?
    >
    > Anyone who asks me, usually gets a 8500 controller as recommendation
    > because unlike the 9500s, those are actually rock solid. You should
    > try the firmware updates and maybe the driver (if there is one newer
    > than the one in the kernel you're running) and see if you can't get
    > your box stable that way - as I said before, it worked for me.

    I plan to compile the latest driver tomorrow...
    >
    > Also, you might want to get an AMD system next time if you have heavy
    > IO and more than 4GB ram - the AMD iommu requires no bounce
    > buffers...
    >
    Interesting. Actually, my IO needs are not *that* heavy, but I first
    encountered the problem when trying to restore a bunch of backups from
    my previous machine. 

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