Jim Crilly wrote:
Reloading a SCSI host driver (i.e. gdth, aic7xxx, etc) will increase the
counter, reloading the SCSI core itself (scsi_mod) will reset the counter
back to zero.
There's no such module; I think SCSI support is compiled into the kernel.
I would also have compiled the gdth support in, but unfortunately it was
only possible to compile it as a module. That in turn required to use an
initrd.image :(
Are you sure you're using gdth for your root? I thought it was just for
SCSI controllers, I didn't know any SATA controllers used chipsets
supported by that driver.
Yes, the Vortex is an SATA RAID controller and needs the gdth module:
0000:02:02.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec ASC-29320A U320 (rev 10)
0000:03:01.0 RAID bus controller: ICP Vortex Computersysteme GmbH GDT NEWRX
There are no other disks than those attached to the RAID controller in
the server. The only device on the Adaptec is a tape changer.
I can recommend the Vortex controller, no problems with it in about two
years. It's running a RAID5, 1TB on 4 disks plus one spare.
If a disk fails, it will beep, so you _will_ notice. You replace the
disk and that's all. --- I've had a disk failing in another server that
also has a Vortex after about 3 months. It beeped and kicked in the
spare; the replaced disk is now the spare, so it gets away with only one
rebuild.
3wares are a little cheaper and work also (no problems except for a disk
starting to fail in about 3 years, running RAID1 with two IDE disks),
but they don't have a beeper.
A beeper is definitely worthwhile.
GH
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