Re: help how to apply patch ?

1998-11-10 Thread MOLNAR Ingo
file > raid145-0.36.3-2.0.30.gz if you are creating a new array, you'll be better off with the 19981110 patch from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/raid/alpha/. (download raidtools 0.90 from this directory too!) -- mingo

19981110 release. [was: Re: kernel autostart not working]

1998-11-10 Thread MOLNAR Ingo
k w/ versions 19981106 and 1108. thanks for the report, i've finally found the bug, this was a longstanding bug, and i'm glad it's gone now. The LVM related rewrite made the 'autorun' part more robust, and this popped up the bug. (earlier this bug went unnoticed) I'v

scsi->ide raid5 and performance

1998-11-10 Thread klynn
I've been currently looking into some of the scsi-to-eide raid solutions being offered. The example that I will use here is the product located at http://www.electronix.com/raid/. In this setup you have a eide raid5 system with 6-10 drives, each drive has its own channel. So what I'm wonder is,

Parititioning (re-visit)

1998-11-10 Thread Louis Mandelstam
An issue which I'm pondering atm is how to approach partitioning with a system that might have raid1 added to it. The box is currently set up as follows: Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/sda1 498900 20590 452543 4% / /dev/sda6

hot adding/removing disks

1998-11-10 Thread Louis Mandelstam
Good day - I'm busy experimenting with the hot add/remove facility of the 19981005-B-0.90 raidtools and associated kernel patch. Needed to read up on the archies to find some documentation, and a couple of questions remain unanswered - here's hoping someone can fill me in: (I can't play around

Re: help how to apply patch ?

1998-11-10 Thread Theo Van Dinter
| I am running RedHat version 5.1 (kernel 2.0.35) | and have pulled down the patch file | raid145-0.36.3-2.0.30.gz make sure you have the 'kernel-source' RPM installed (or just go grab the source from ftp.kernel.org or a mirror). if you grab the source, untar it in a directory (this is typical

Re: ICP Vortex Stats

1998-11-10 Thread Chris J. Magnuson
>On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Chris J. Magnuson wrote: > >> Here are some stats on a 16-bit fast wide single-channel ICP Vortex PCI >> RAID-5 card on a 3-drive array. >> >> The drives are Fujitsu 9.1 Gig narrow M2949 drives (14.x Meg/sec >> theoretical limit on speed). The system is a 233MHz Supermicro Pe

Re: Improving RAID5 performance (what disks/configuration?)

1998-11-10 Thread Osma Ahvenlampi
FWIW, Bonnie stats for single-PII-350MHz, AIC7890 v5.1.2, raid-981005, and 3 9GB Seagate Barracudas (7200 rpm U2W). The machine was under normal 18:00 load (a few users still in the office, mail and general disk access) during the benchmark. ---Sequential Output ---Sequ

can some please explain this error

1998-11-10 Thread Mark J. Bailey [Admin]
Hi We seem to get these messages periodically on our setup: PM3334UDW, PM2144UW, 14-bay rack mount DPT RAID cabinet, Redhat Linux 5.1 with 2.1.127 kernel (happened with 2.0.35 too). ASUS Gigabyte 100MHZ (Intel 440BX) with dual P2-400s under SMP These message is: Nov

help how to apply patch ?

1998-11-10 Thread Godfrey Nix
Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I cannot find anywhere the notes on how to apply the raid patch to my kernel src files. I am running RedHat version 5.1 (kernel 2.0.35) and have pulled down the patch file raid145-0.36.3-2.0.30.gz Having looked at the raid FAQ and HOWTO notes, I am still lost as to ho

Re: Improving RAID5 performance (what disks/configuration?)

1998-11-10 Thread Kim-Ee Yeoh
On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Stephen Costaras wrote: > Seeing as we're all using RAID here, someone might know how to eek > better performance out of a I/O subsystem. > > I'm using a Dual PPro system (Tyan S1668) with 3 Mylex KT-958 > controllers. Each controller has 3 Seagate Barracuda ST15150W > drive

Re: ICP Vortex Stats

1998-11-10 Thread Jon Lewis
On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Chris J. Magnuson wrote: > Here are some stats on a 16-bit fast wide single-channel ICP Vortex PCI > RAID-5 card on a 3-drive array. > > The drives are Fujitsu 9.1 Gig narrow M2949 drives (14.x Meg/sec > theoretical limit on speed). The system is a 233MHz Supermicro Pentium

raid 2.1.127 patch

1998-11-10 Thread Wayde Milas
I jsut dl'd the raid 2.1.127 patch. when I applied it against the stock 2.1.127 kernel, I got a .rej. on md.c I think. Just thought someone would like to know :P Btw, 2.1.125 one works great, cant wait fer 2.1.127 as 2.1.127 has updated AIC7XXX drivers. Wayde

Re: kernel autostart does not seam to work]

1998-11-10 Thread Giulio Botto
On Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 10:35:36AM +0100, Anthony Hams thusly shaped the electrons: > [...] > I just installed the newest raid-patches (19981106-C) into a 2.0.35 > kernel, and I also use the newest tools (19981105-0.90). > > I gave all my raid-partitions the 0xfd type, but the kernel only finds

chunk-sizes

1998-11-10 Thread Rob Vanderhoff
Hello all - I have set up a raid1 array with two 3-gig partitions, both on separate scsi drives. What formula do I need to use to determine the most efficient chunk-size? Currently I am using 8k (I think). In /etc/raidtab I have: chunk-size 8 Is this correct? Rob

kernel autostart not working

1998-11-10 Thread Theo Van Dinter
I reported this last week, but thought I'd send in an update. I've been running a RAID 5 array w/ kernel 2.1.125 & raid 19981005. When I upgraded to 19981105, autostart stopped working. It has continued to not work w/ versions 19981106 and 1108. To fix some fs corruption that occured last w