Re: RAID 5 - serious problem

2008-10-15 Thread Dieter
> > > I like Intel as much as I like AMD > > > > That is your right. Inthell has a long history of buggy products, > > attempting to hide/ignore bugs, poor customer support, outright > > theft, etc. AMD isn't perfect, but the list of bad things is far > > far shorter. And there are other compan

Re: RAID 5 - serious problem

2008-10-15 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 01:28:43PM +0100, Dieter wrote: > > > My personal approach to avoiding data loss is (a) avoid buggy things like > > > inthell and linux. > > > > Interesting, being as we have another thread going as of late that seems > > to link transparent data loss with AMD AM2-based sys

Re: RAID 5 - serious problem

2008-10-15 Thread Dieter
> > My personal approach to avoiding data loss is (a) avoid buggy things like > > inthell and linux. > > Interesting, being as we have another thread going as of late that seems > to link transparent data loss with AMD AM2-based systems with certain > models of Adaptec and possibly LSI Logic contr

Re: RAID 5 - serious problem

2008-10-15 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:14:42AM +0100, Dieter wrote: > > FreeBSD 7.0-Release > > Intel D975XBX2 motherboard (Intel Matrix Storage Technology) > > 3 WD Raptor 74 GB in a RAID 5 array > > 1 WD Raptor 150 GB as a standalone disk > > / and /var mounted on the standalone,, /usr on the RAID 5 > > I be

Re: RAID 5 - serious problem

2008-10-15 Thread Dieter
> FreeBSD 7.0-Release > Intel D975XBX2 motherboard (Intel Matrix Storage Technology) > 3 WD Raptor 74 GB in a RAID 5 array > 1 WD Raptor 150 GB as a standalone disk > / and /var mounted on the standalone,, /usr on the RAID 5 > I believe what happened was that one of the disks didn't respond for suc

Re: RAID 5 - serious problem

2008-10-15 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 03:51:19PM +0200, Jon Theil Nielsen wrote: > 2008/10/15 Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 02:32:25PM +0200, Jon Theil Nielsen wrote: > > > Dear list, > > > > > > Something happened that I don't think should be possible. I "lost" all > > three

Re: RAID 5 - serious problem

2008-10-15 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 03:27:26PM +0200, MeX wrote: > Hello, > > On Str, Október 15, 2008 15:15, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > Are you using the Matrix Storage Technology? If so, immediately stop. > > FreeBSD's support for this is very, very bad, and will nearly guarantee > > data loss. There are

Re: RAID 5 - serious problem

2008-10-15 Thread Jon Theil Nielsen
2008/10/15 Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 02:32:25PM +0200, Jon Theil Nielsen wrote: > > Dear list, > > > > Something happened that I don't think should be possible. I "lost" all > three > > disks in my RAID 5 array simultaneously after approx. two years without > an

Re: RAID 5 - serious problem

2008-10-15 Thread MeX
Hello, On Str, Október 15, 2008 15:15, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > Are you using the Matrix Storage Technology? If so, immediately stop. > FreeBSD's support for this is very, very bad, and will nearly guarantee > data loss. There are many of us who have tried it, and it's known to > be buggy on Fre

Re: RAID 5 - serious problem

2008-10-15 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 02:32:25PM +0200, Jon Theil Nielsen wrote: > Dear list, > > Something happened that I don't think should be possible. I "lost" all three > disks in my RAID 5 array simultaneously after approx. two years without any > problem. And I fear I will never see my data again. But I

RAID 5 - serious problem

2008-10-15 Thread Jon Theil Nielsen
Dear list, Something happened that I don't think should be possible. I "lost" all three disks in my RAID 5 array simultaneously after approx. two years without any problem. And I fear I will never see my data again. But I really hope some of you clever persons can give me some hints. My system is: