RE: RAID5 degraded - system hangs

2007-03-06 Thread Michel, Dietmar
/2007 8:48 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Michel, Dietmar Subject: Re: RAID5 degraded - system hangs On Monday 05 March 2007 17:22, Michel, Dietmar wrote: [snip] Now I made an upgrade using 4 SATA II disks connected to a promise TX4310 Raid controller. This must be a software RAID

Re: RAID5 degraded - system hangs

2007-03-06 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 10:16, Michel, Dietmar wrote: The Promise Tx4310 has to be a HW raid controller - hopefully ;-)) Sorry, but it seems that's not the case... Supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 10, the FastTrak TX4310 incorporates Promise's innovative new software RAID 5 solution ...

RE: RAID5 degraded - system hangs

2007-03-06 Thread Michel, Dietmar
Cc: Michel, Dietmar Subject: Re: RAID5 degraded - system hangs On Tuesday 06 March 2007 10:16, Michel, Dietmar wrote: The Promise Tx4310 has to be a HW raid controller - hopefully ;-)) Sorry, but it seems that's not the case... Supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 10, the FastTrak TX4310

RAID5 degraded - system hangs

2007-03-05 Thread Michel, Dietmar
Hi Guys, I´m using an older Server with FreeBSD 6.2 als Fileserver in my home office. Now I made an upgrade using 4 SATA II disks connected to a promise TX4310 Raid controller. Defining a RAID5 a bios level, starting the server and building up the Raid at OS level: # atacontrol create

Re: RAID5 degraded - system hangs

2007-03-05 Thread Derek Ragona
I'm no expert, but have experienced a few RAID issues. First, RAID 5 will become degraded and will try to rebuild upon a drive failure, once the failed drive is replaces. In Mirrored RAID, RAID 1, or RAID 10, the system will continue to function on the good drive but will alert the

Re: RAID5 degraded - system hangs

2007-03-05 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On Monday 05 March 2007 17:22, Michel, Dietmar wrote: [snip] Now I made an upgrade using 4 SATA II disks connected to a promise TX4310 Raid controller. This must be a software RAID controller. It uses software in your OS to do the several RAID levels. The controller simply acts as a RAID

RE: RAID5 degraded - system hangs

2007-03-05 Thread Michel, Dietmar
option. Dietmar From: Derek Ragona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 3/5/2007 11:50 PM To: Michel, Dietmar; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID5 degraded - system hangs I'm no expert, but have experienced a few RAID issues. First, RAID 5