Re: Problems with High Point Tech RocketRaid 1640

From: Thomas M. Skeren III (tms3_at_fsklaw.com)
Date: 03/25/05

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To: John Barbieri <tenpin784@metrocast.net>

    Hey John...

    Had many problems with operations and the amd 64 kernel. I switched to
    the i386 kernel and have had no problems.

    John Barbieri wrote:

    > Good evening.
    >
    > Recently I setup a free bsd 5.3-amd64 box with dual opterons and 1GB
    > of ram.
    >
    >
    > I constructed a RAID 5 array using the HPT rocketraid 1640, conisiting
    > of 4 disks, each with 200GB capacity.
    >
    >
    > Everything worked well, until I installed and ran Samba from the ports
    > collection.
    >
    >
    > Now, apparently whenever I transfer with samba, the computer freezes
    > for a few moments, then an array comes back, stating:
    >
    > Mar 24 13:14:12 tie kernel: hpt374: Device removed: controller 1
    > channel 3
    > Mar 24 13:14:12 tie kernel: hpt374: Device removed: controller 1
    > channel 1
    >
    >
    >
    > The weird thing is, I transferred over 15GB of data over FTP, but the
    > second I used Samba (which is usually faster, which is why i switched
    > to it), the controller stated the two drives disconnected.
    >
    >
    > How come I can transfer 15GB one way, and nothing the other?
    >
    > Now my RAID array is broken, and I lost all the data on it (which is
    > ok, since I have it backed up). But this is my 2nd time doing this
    > today, thinking maybe the first time was a fluke.
    >
    >
    > info:
    >
    > FreeBSD tie.jbarbieri.net 5.3-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p5 #1:
    > Wed Mar 23 21:01:23 EST 2005
    > John@tie.jbarbieri.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TIE amd64
    >
    > pkg_info:
    >
    > autoconf-2.13.000227_5 Automatically configure source code on many
    > Un*x platforms
    > automake-1.4.6_1 GNU Standards-compliant Makefile generator (legacy
    > version
    > cvsup-without-gui-16.1h General network file distribution system
    > optimized for CVS
    > gettext-0.14.1 GNU gettext package
    > gmake-3.80_2 GNU version of 'make' utility
    > libiconv-1.9.2_1 A character set conversion library
    > libtool-1.3.5_2 Generic shared library support script (version 1.3)
    > libtool-1.5.10_1 Generic shared library support script (version 1.5)
    > linux_base-8-8.0_6 Base set of packages needed in Linux mode (only
    > for i386)
    > m4-1.4.1 GNU m4
    > perl-5.8.5 Practical Extraction and Report Language
    > popt-1.7 A getopt(3) like library with a number of
    > enhancements, fro
    > rpm-3.0.6_9 The Red Hat Package Manager
    > samba-2.2.12 A free SMB and CIFS client and server for UNIX
    >
    >
    > as you can see, not much installed. I just rebuilt this box last night
    > as well
    >
    > If you have any ideas, please let me know. If you need more info, let
    > me know.
    >
    >
    > Thank you in advanced
    >
    > John Barbieri
    >
    >
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