Re: Hardware RAID and Linux software RAID on a real production server

2000-08-13 Thread Leonard N. Zubkoff
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 19:03:27 +0200 From: Hubert Tonneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I removed the Mylex controler, and since it's a production server, I cannot do experiments on this one, so I cannot get any more informations (I'm sorry about that because I find very important to spend some

Re: Hardware RAID and Linux software RAID on a real production server

2000-08-13 Thread Hubert Tonneau
ext monthes, I will use the same disks set, with the same cables (except the one linking to the controler, since the pins are different) driven using Linux software RAID and the Tekram DC390U2W, so I will send you any news about a failure that would append. I also discovered that Mylex is not using

Re: Hardware RAID and Linux software RAID on a real production server

2000-08-13 Thread Chris Mauritz
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Aug 13 12:00:21 2000 > [snip] > > So, the final unanswered question is why did the Mylex controler failed > that ungracefully if no disk contains dead blocks ? > My experimental conclusion is that Linux software RAID is even more > r

Re: Hardware RAID and Linux software RAID on a real production server

2000-08-13 Thread Leonard N. Zubkoff
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 17:35:22 +0200 From: Hubert Tonneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This a report about real production experiment using both Linux software RAID and a Mylex hardware RAID controler (real production tend to be even harder than tests, even on a lower load,

Hardware RAID and Linux software RAID on a real production server

2000-08-13 Thread Hubert Tonneau
This a report about real production experiment using both Linux software RAID and a Mylex hardware RAID controler (real production tend to be even harder than tests, even on a lower load, since more special situations append). My production server has: 2 x 8GB linux software RAID 1, Buslogic

Re: linux software raid

2000-07-08 Thread Darron Froese
On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Bill Jackson wrote: > BINGO!! you hit it on the head...in /var/log/messages, I have lines > containing md but they show 0.36.6 as the version, not 0.90.0. so, Ill get > the patches from the location you sent me, but I would like instructions on > how to install the patch... >

Re: linux software raid

2000-07-08 Thread Bill Jackson
BINGO!! you hit it on the head...in /var/log/messages, I have lines containing md but they show 0.36.6 as the version, not 0.90.0.  so, Ill get the patches from the location you sent me, but I would like instructions on how to install the patch...   Darron Froese wrote: On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Bill J

Re: linux software raid

2000-07-08 Thread Bill Jackson
; > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 3:36 PM > Subject: linux software raid > > I am trying to use mkraid to setup a software raid array. I have 3 * 4G > drives with a two partitions each. the first partition is a 64 byte > block for an Apple Parti

Re: linux software raid

2000-07-08 Thread Darron Froese
On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Bill Jackson wrote: > I am trying to use mkraid to setup a software raid array. I have 3 * 4G > drives with a two partitions each. the first partition is a 64 byte > block for an Apple Partition Map, the rest is a unix partition. I have > setup the /etc/raidtab that is atta

linux software raid

2000-07-08 Thread Bill Jackson
I am trying to use mkraid to setup a software raid array. I have 3 * 4G drives with a two partitions each. the first partition is a 64 byte block for an Apple Partition Map, the rest is a unix partition. I have setup the /etc/raidtab that is attached and when I try mkraid /dev/md0, it sees each

Re: AW: Patches for Linux Software RAID in 2.4.0-test1

2000-06-08 Thread Neil Brown
On Thursday June 8, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Neil, > > > 1/ grab my patches, read them, and comment/complain > > 2/ grab my patches and test them > > 3/ send me other patches for possible inclusion in my set > > 4/ send me bug reports (cc to linux-raid) and I will investigate > >

AW: Patches for Linux Software RAID in 2.4.0-test1

2000-06-08 Thread Martin Bene
Hi Neil, > 1/ grab my patches, read them, and comment/complain > 2/ grab my patches and test them > 3/ send me other patches for possible inclusion in my set > 4/ send me bug reports (cc to linux-raid) and I will investigate > where I can Just a tiny one: there's a long-standing pro

Patches for Linux Software RAID in 2.4.0-test1

2000-06-08 Thread Neil Brown
Greetings all. I have been working of Software RAID in Linux for a while now and have a growing collection of patches that I would like to make available. I am hoping to go through Ingo Molnar (the current maintainer) to get these into the kernel, particularly the larger patches, but he seems o

Re: Patches for Linux Software RAID in 2.4.0-test1

2000-06-08 Thread Richard Bollinger
uot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 2:20 AM Subject: AW: Patches for Linux Software RAID in 2.4.0-test1 > Hi Neil, > > > 1/ grab my patches, read them, and comment/complain > > 2/ grab my patches and test them > > 3/

Linux software RAID performance.

2000-06-06 Thread Torbjorn Olander
Hi! I got a linux software raid setup with this: 2 Promise Ultra 66 controllers 4 Maxtor DiamondMax 60 60 GB drives. Intel DK440LX motherboard 2xP2 333, 256 MB RAM I got the 4 drives set up in a RAID0 configuration with 32k chunk size. The filesystem on the drives is Ext2 with 4k block size