RAID configuration problem

chris snow

RAID configuration problem

« on: May 28, 2003, 07:38:48 PM »

For the second time in about two months, my SME has alerted me that it is resynch'ing the RAID drives. What would cause the drives to become out of synch? Is this a warning sign for a potential problem?

I am using Darrel May's raid monitor on a SME 5.6 with software raid.

TIA.

Chris

The warning message:
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ALARM! RAID configuration problem

Current configuration is:

Personalities : [raid1]
read_ahead 1024 sectors
md1 : active raid1 hda6[0] hdb6[1]
59753664 blocks [2/2] [UU]
[>....................] resync = 2.1% (1259840/59753664) finish=102.3min speed=9523K/sec
md0 : active raid1 hda5[0] hdb5[1]
15936 blocks [2/2] [UU]
resync=DELAYED
md2 : active raid1 hda1[0] hdb1[1]
264960 blocks [2/2] [UU]

unused devices:

Last known good configuration was:

Personalities : [raid1]
read_ahead 1024 sectors
md1 : active raid1 hda6[0] hdb6[1]
59753664 blocks [2/2] [UU]

md0 : active raid1 hda5[0] hdb5[1]
15936 blocks [2/2] [UU]

md2 : active raid1 hda1[0] hdb1[1]
264960 blocks [2/2] [UU]

unused devices:
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/var/log/messages
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May 28 10:27:00 smer1 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
May 28 10:27:00 smer1 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:00 smer1 syslog: ^[[60G
May 28 10:27:00 smer1 syslog:
May 28 10:27:00 smer1 syslog: Starting kernel logger:
May 28 10:27:00 smer1 syslog: klogd startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:00 smer1 syslog:
May 28 10:27:00 smer1 kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
May 28 10:27:00 smer1 kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.18-5
May 28 10:27:00 smer1 rc: Starting syslog: succeeded
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 rc: Starting masq: succeeded
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Loaded 16796 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.4.18-
5.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.4.18.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Loaded 260 symbols from 12 modules.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-5 (bhcompile@porky.devel.redh
at.com) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 Mon Jun 10 1
5:37:14 EDT 2002
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (u
sable)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (r
eserved)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (r
eserved)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001eff0000 (u
sable)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000001eff0000 - 000000001eff8000 (A
CPI data)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 network: Setting network parameters:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000001eff8000 - 000000001f000000 (A
CPI NVS)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fffc0000 - 0000000100000000 (r
eserved)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: 0MB HIGHMEM available.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: 495MB LOWMEM available.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 126960
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: zone(1): 122864 pages.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: zone(2): 0 pages.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_dynaddr = 1
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Mitel-SME ro
root=901 BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-5 hdc=ide-scsi
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 sysctl: net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 300
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- reenabling.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 sysctl: net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Found and enabled local APIC!
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Initializing CPU#0
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 network: Setting network parameters: succeeded
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Detected 1659.275 MHz processor.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 network: ^[[60G
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 network:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 3309.56 BogoMIPS
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 network: Bringing up loopback interface:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Memory: 497636k/507840k available (1125k kernel co
de, 9816k reserved, 814k data, 312k init, 0k highmem)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7,
524288 bytes)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 2
62144 bytes)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Mount cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65
536 bytes)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5,
131072 bytes)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 5
24288 bytes)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 0
0000000, vendor = 2
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K
(64 bytes/line)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: CPU: After vendor init, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00
000000 00000000
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Intel machine check architecture supported.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: CPU: After generic, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00
000000 00000000
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: CPU: Common caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00
000000 00000000
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ stepping 02
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... do
ne.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: enabled ExtINT on CPU#0
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Using local APIC timer interrupts.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: calibrating APIC timer ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ..... CPU clock speed is 1659.2919 MHz.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ..... host bus clock speed is 265.4867 MHz.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: cpu: 0, clocks: 2654867, slice: 1327433
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: CPU0>
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.
csiro.au)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb01, last
bus=1
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: PCI: Using IRQ router SIS [1039/0008] at 00:01.0
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET
3.039
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1
.16)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Starting kswapd
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.5.0 initialized
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: pty: 2048 Unix98 ptys configured
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY
_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 12 for device 00:01.6
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 12 with 00:01.1
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: block: 960 slots per queue, batch=240
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes
; override with idebus=xx
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: SIS5513: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 01
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: SIS5513: chipset revision 208
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 network: Bringing up loopback interface: succeeded
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: SIS5513: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs la
ter
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 network: ^[[60G
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: SiS730
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xff00-0xff07, BIOS settings:
hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 network:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xff08-0xff0f, BIOS settings:
hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hda: Maxtor 4D060H3, ATA DISK drive
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hdb: Maxtor 4D060H3, ATA DISK drive
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 network: Bringing up interface eth0:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hdc: MSI CD-RW MS-8348, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hda: 120069936 sectors (61476 MB) w/2048KiB Cache,
CHS=7474/255/63, UDMA(100)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hdb: 120069936 sectors (61476 MB) w/2048KiB Cache,
CHS=7474/255/63, UDMA(100)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Partition check:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 >
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hdb: hdb1 hdb2 < hdb5 hdb6 >
ter
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 network: ^[[60G
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: SiS730
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xff00-0xff07, BIOS settings:
hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 network:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xff08-0xff0f, BIOS settings:
hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hda: Maxtor 4D060H3, ATA DISK drive
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hdb: Maxtor 4D060H3, ATA DISK drive
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 network: Bringing up interface eth0:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hdc: MSI CD-RW MS-8348, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hda: 120069936 sectors (61476 MB) w/2048KiB Cache,
CHS=7474/255/63, UDMA(100)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hdb: 120069936 sectors (61476 MB) w/2048KiB Cache,
CHS=7474/255/63, UDMA(100)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Partition check:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 >
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: hdb: hdb1 hdb2 < hdb5 hdb6 >
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K
size 1024 blocksize
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=
27
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: [events: 00000045]
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: [events: 00000043]
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: [events: 00000043]
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: [events: 00000045]
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: [events: 00000043]
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: [events: 00000043]
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: autorun ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: considering hdb6 ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: adding hdb6 ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: adding hda6 ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: created md1
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: bind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: bind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: running:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: hdb6's event counter: 00000043
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: hda6's event counter: 00000043
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: md1: raid array is not clean -- starting backg
round reconstruction
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: RAID level 1 does not need chunksize! Continui
ng anyway.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k md-perso
nality-3, errno = 2
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: personality 3 is not loaded!
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md :do_md_run() returned -22
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: md1 stopped.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: unbind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: export_rdev(hdb6)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: unbind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: export_rdev(hda6)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: considering hdb5 ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: adding hdb5 ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: adding hda5 ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: created md0
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: bind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: bind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: running:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: hdb5's event counter: 00000043
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: hda5's event counter: 00000043
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: md0: raid array is not clean -- starting backg
round reconstruction
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: RAID level 1 does not need chunksize! Continui
ng anyway.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k md-perso
nality-3, errno = 2
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: personality 3 is not loaded!
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md :do_md_run() returned -22
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: md0 stopped.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: unbind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: export_rdev(hdb5)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: unbind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: export_rdev(hda5)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: considering hdb1 ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: adding hdb1 ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: adding hda1 ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: created md2
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: bind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: bind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: running:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: hdb1's event counter: 00000045
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: hda1's event counter: 00000045
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: md2: raid array is not clean -- starting backg
round reconstruction
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: RAID level 1 does not need chunksize! Continui
ng anyway.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k md-perso
nality-3, errno = 2
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: personality 3 is not loaded!
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md :do_md_run() returned -22
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: md2 stopped.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: unbind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: export_rdev(hdb1)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: unbind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: export_rdev(hda1)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: ... autorun DONE.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kb
ytes
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bin
d 32768)
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0
.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Freeing initrd memory: 199k freed
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hos
tadapter, errno = 2
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI
devices
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Vendor: MSI Model: CD-RW MS-8348 Rev:
110D
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI
SCSI revision: 02
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: raid1 personality registered as nr 3
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: [events: 00000043]
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 last message repeated 3 times
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: [events: 00000045]
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: [events: 00000045]
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: autorun ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: considering hda1 ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: adding hda1 ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: adding hdb1 ...
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: created md2
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: bind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: bind
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: running:
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: hda1's event counter: 00000045
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: hdb1's event counter: 00000045
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: md2: raid array is not clean -- starting backg
round reconstruction
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md: RAID level 1 does not need chunksize! Continui
ng anyway.
May 28 10:27:01 smer1 kernel: md2: max total readahead window set to 508k
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md2: 1 data-disks, max readahead per data-disk: 50
8k
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: raid1: device hda1 operational as mirror 0
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: raid1: device hdb1 operational as mirror 1
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: raid1: raid set md2 not clean; reconstructing mirr
ors
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: raid1: raid set md2 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: updating md2 RAID superblock on device
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: hda1 [events: 00000046]<6>(write) hda1's sb of
fset: 264960
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: syncing RAID array md2
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: minimum _guaranteed_ reconstruction speed: 100
KB/sec/disc.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: using maximum available idle IO bandwith (but
not more than 10000 KB/sec) for reconstruction.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: using 508k window, over a total of 264960 bloc
ks.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: hdb1 [events: 00000046]<6>(write) hdb1's sb of
fset: 264960
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: considering hda5 ...
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: adding hda5 ...
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: adding hdb5 ...
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: created md0
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: bind
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: bind
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: running:
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: hda5's event counter: 00000043
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: hdb5's event counter: 00000043
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: md0: raid array is not clean -- starting backg
round reconstruction
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: RAID level 1 does not need chunksize! Continui
ng anyway.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md0: max total readahead window set to 508k
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md0: 1 data-disks, max readahead per data-disk: 50
8k
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: raid1: device hda5 operational as mirror 0
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: raid1: device hdb5 operational as mirror 1
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: raid1: raid set md0 not clean; reconstructing mirr
ors
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: raid1: raid set md0 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: updating md0 RAID superblock on device
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: hda5 [events: 00000044]<6>(write) hda5's sb of
fset: 15936
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: delaying resync of md0 until md2 has finished
resync (they share one or more physical units)
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: hdb5 [events: 00000044]<6>(write) hdb5's sb of
fset: 15936
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: considering hda6 ...
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: adding hda6 ...
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: adding hdb6 ...
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: created md1
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: bind
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: bind
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: running:
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: hda6's event counter: 00000043
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: hdb6's event counter: 00000043
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: md1: raid array is not clean -- starting backg
round reconstruction
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: RAID level 1 does not need chunksize! Continui
ng anyway.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md1: max total readahead window set to 508k
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md1: 1 data-disks, max readahead per data-disk: 50
8k
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: raid1: device hda6 operational as mirror 0
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: raid1: device hdb6 operational as mirror 1
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: raid1: raid set md1 not clean; reconstructing mirr
ors
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: raid1: raid set md1 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: updating md1 RAID superblock on device
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: hda6 [events: 00000044]<6>(write) hda6's sb of
fset: 59753664
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: delaying resync of md1 until md2 has finished
resync (they share one or more physical units)
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: hdb6 [events: 00000044]<6>(write) hdb6's sb of
fset: 59753664
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: ... autorun DONE.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly files
ystem.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recov
ery.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 312k freed
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: Adding Swap: 264952k swap-space (priority -1)
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 00:01.3
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 00:01.2
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xdf893000, IRQ 3
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: usb-ohci.c: usb-00:01.3, Silicon Integrated System
s [SiS] 7001 (#2)
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number
1
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: hub.c: 3 ports detected
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 00:01.2
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 00:01.3
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xdf895000, IRQ 3
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: usb-ohci.c: usb-00:01.2, Silicon Integrated System
s [SiS] 7001
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number
2
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: hub.c: 3 ports detected
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.18, 14 May 2002 on md(9,1), intern
al journal
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hid
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik jtech@suse.cz>
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.18, 14 May 2002 on md(9,0), intern
al journal
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: scsi : 0 hosts left.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI
devices
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: Vendor: MSI Model: CD-RW MS-8348 Rev:
110D
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI
SCSI revision: 02
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: hdc: DMA disabled
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: md2: sync done.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: syncing RAID array md1
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: minimum _guaranteed_ reconstruction speed: 100
KB/sec/disc.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: using maximum available idle IO bandwith (but
not more than 10000 KB/sec) for reconstruction.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: using 508k window, over a total of 59753664 bl
ocks.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: md: delaying resync of md0 until md1 has finished
resync (they share one or more physical units)
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: sis900.c: v1.08.04 4/25/2002
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 12 for device 00:01.1
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 12 with 00:01.6
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: eth0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 1.
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: eth0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as defa
ult
May 28 10:27:02 smer1 kernel: eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xc800, IRQ 12,
00:0a:e6:15:c3:6d.
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 rc.sysinit: Mounting proc filesystem: succeeded
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 rc.sysinit: Unmounting initrd: succeeded
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_dynaddr = 1
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 sysctl: net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 300
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 sysctl: net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 rc.sysinit: Configuring kernel parameters: succeeded
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 date: Wed May 28 10:26:33 BST 2003
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 rc.sysinit: Setting clock (utc): Wed May 28 10:26:33 BST
2003 succeeded
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 rc.sysinit: Loading default keymap succeeded
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 rc.sysinit: Setting default font (lat0-sun16): succeeded
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 rc.sysinit: Activating swap partitions: succeeded
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 rc.sysinit: Setting hostname smer1: succeeded
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 rc.sysinit: Mounting USB filesystem: succeeded
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 rc.sysinit: Initializing USB controller (usb-ohci): succe
eded
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 fsck: /: clean, 90046/7471104 files, 1802320/14938416 bloc
ks
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 rc.sysinit: Checking root filesystem succeeded
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 network: Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded
May 28 10:26:45 smer1 rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode:
succeeded
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 network: ^[[60G
May 28 10:26:50 smer1 rc.sysinit: Finding module dependencies: succeeded
May 28 10:26:51 smer1 fsck: /boot: recovering journal
May 28 10:26:51 smer1 fsck: /boot: clean, 35/3984 files, 6354/15936 blocks
May 28 10:26:51 smer1 rc.sysinit: Checking filesystems succeeded
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 network:
May 28 10:26:51 smer1 rc.sysinit: Mounting local filesystems: succeeded
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 rc: Starting network: succeeded
May 28 10:26:51 smer1 rc.sysinit: Enabling local filesystem quotas: succeeded
May 28 10:26:52 smer1 rc.sysinit: Enabling swap space: succeeded
May 28 10:26:55 smer1 init: Entering runlevel: 7
May 28 09:26:58 smer1 named[504]: starting BIND 9.2.1 -f -u dns -t /home/dns <30
>May 28 09:26:58 named[504]: using 1 CPU
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 rc: Starting nut: succeeded
May 28 10:27:00 smer1 syslog: Starting system logger:
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 random: Initializing random number generator:
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 random: Initializing random number generator: succeeded
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 random: ^[[60G
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 random:
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 rc: Starting random: succeeded
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 keytable: Loading keymap:
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 keytable: Loading keymap: succeeded
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 keytable: ^[[60G
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 keytable:
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 keytable: Loading system font:
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 keytable: Loading system font: succeeded
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 keytable:
May 28 10:27:04 smer1 rc: Starting keytable: succeeded
May 28 10:27:05 smer1 rc: Starting bootstrap-console: succeeded
May 28 10:27:05 smer1 oidentd: Starting identd:
May 28 10:27:05 smer1 oidentd: oidentd startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:05 smer1 oidentd: ^[[60G
May 28 10:27:05 smer1 oidentd:
May 28 10:27:05 smer1 rc: Starting oidentd: succeeded
May 28 10:27:05 smer1 crond: Starting crond:
May 28 10:27:06 smer1 crond: crond startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:06 smer1 crond:
May 28 10:27:06 smer1 rc: Starting crond: succeeded
May 28 10:27:06 smer1 rc: Starting hdparm: succeeded
May 28 10:27:06 smer1 xinetd: Starting xinetd:
May 28 10:27:06 smer1 xinetd[1089]: xinetd Version 2.3.7 started with libwrap op
tions compiled in.
May 28 10:27:06 smer1 xinetd[1089]: Started working: 2 available services
May 28 10:27:09 smer1 xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:09 smer1 xinetd:
May 28 10:27:09 smer1 rc: Starting xinetd: succeeded
May 28 10:27:09 smer1 rc: Starting ippp: succeeded
May 28 10:27:09 smer1 rc: Starting ntpd: succeeded
May 28 10:27:09 smer1 rc: Starting diald: succeeded
May 28 10:27:09 smer1 rc: Starting pppoe: succeeded
May 28 10:27:09 smer1 lpd: Starting lpd:
May 28 10:27:10 smer1 lpd: lpd startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:10 smer1 lpd: ^[[60G
May 28 10:27:10 smer1 lpd:
May 28 10:27:10 smer1 rc: Starting lpd: succeeded
May 28 10:27:10 smer1 rc: Starting dhcpd: succeeded
May 28 10:27:10 smer1 ldap: Starting slapd:
May 28 10:27:11 smer1 slapd[1252]: daemon: socket() failed errno=97 (Address fam
ily not supported by protocol)
May 28 10:27:11 smer1 ldap: slapd startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:11 smer1 ldap: ^[[60G
May 28 10:27:11 smer1 slapd[1260]: slapd starting
May 28 10:27:11 smer1 ldap:
May 28 10:27:12 smer1 rc: Starting ldap: succeeded
May 28 10:27:12 smer1 qmail: Starting qmail:
May 28 10:27:13 smer1 qmail: Starting qmail succeeded
May 28 10:27:13 smer1 qmail:
May 28 10:27:13 smer1 rc: Starting qmail: succeeded
May 28 10:27:13 smer1 httpd-e-smith: Starting httpd:
May 28 10:27:16 smer1 httpd-e-smith: httpd startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:16 smer1 httpd-e-smith:
May 28 10:27:18 smer1 rc: Starting httpd-e-smith: succeeded
May 28 10:27:18 smer1 smtpfront-qmail: Starting smtpfront-qmail:
May 28 10:27:19 smer1 smtpfront-qmail: Starting smtpfront-qmail succeeded
May 28 10:27:19 smer1 smtpfront-qmail:
May 28 10:27:19 smer1 rc: Starting smtpfront-qmail: succeeded
May 28 10:27:19 smer1 sshd: Starting sshd:
May 28 10:27:20 smer1 sshd[1438]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
May 28 10:27:20 smer1 sshd: succeeded
May 28 10:27:20 smer1 sshd:
May 28 10:27:20 smer1 rc: Starting sshd: succeeded
May 28 10:27:20 smer1 httpd-admin: Starting httpd-admin:
May 28 10:27:21 smer1 httpd-admin: httpd-admin startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:21 smer1 httpd-admin:
May 28 10:27:23 smer1 rc: Starting httpd-admin: succeeded
May 28 10:27:24 smer1 mysqld: Starting MySQL: succeeded
May 28 10:27:24 smer1 squid: Starting squid:
May 28 10:27:24 smer1 squid:
May 28 10:27:24 smer1 rc: Starting squid: succeeded
May 28 10:27:24 smer1 atalk: Starting AppleTalk services:
May 28 10:27:24 smer1 atalk: (backgrounded)
May 28 10:27:24 smer1 rc: Starting atalk: succeeded
May 28 10:27:25 smer1 smb: Starting SMB services:
May 28 10:27:25 smer1 squid[1749]: Squid Parent: child process 1751 started
May 28 10:27:25 smer1 kernel: NET4: AppleTalk 0.18a for Linux NET4.0
May 28 10:27:25 smer1 atalkd[1752]: restart (1.5.5)
May 28 10:27:26 smer1 atalkd[1752]: zip_getnetinfo for eth0
May 28 10:27:27 smer1 smb: smbd startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:27 smer1 smb:
May 28 10:27:27 smer1 smb: Starting NMB services:
May 28 10:27:28 smer1 smb: nmbd startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:28 smer1 smb:
May 28 10:27:28 smer1 rc: Starting smb: succeeded
May 28 10:27:31 smer1 e-smith[1788]: Processing event: local
May 28 10:27:31 smer1 e-smith[1788]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/
local/S10module-load-usb-printer
May 28 10:27:34 smer1 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp
May 28 10:27:34 smer1 kernel: printer.c: v0.11: USB Printer Device Class driver
May 28 10:27:34 smer1 e-smith[1788]: S10module-load-usb-printer=action|Event|loc
al|Action|S10module-load-usb-printer|Start|1054114051 150513|End|1054114054 9343
96|Elapsed|3.783883
May 28 10:27:38 smer1 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:09.0
May 28 10:27:38 smer1 kernel: scsi0 : AdvanSys SCSI 3.3G: PCI Ultra: IO 0xD800-0
xD80F, IRQ 0x5
May 28 10:27:39 smer1 kernel: Vendor: ECRIX Model: VXA-1 Rev:
2B7B
May 28 10:27:39 smer1 kernel: Type: Sequential-Access ANSI
SCSI revision: 02
May 28 10:27:40 smer1 kernel: st: Version 20020205, bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, ma
May 28 10:27:26 smer1 atalkd[1752]: zip_getnetinfo for eth0
May 28 10:27:27 smer1 smb: smbd startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:27 smer1 smb:
May 28 10:27:27 smer1 smb: Starting NMB services:
May 28 10:27:28 smer1 smb: nmbd startup succeeded
May 28 10:27:28 smer1 smb:
May 28 10:27:28 smer1 rc: Starting smb: succeeded
May 28 10:27:31 smer1 e-smith[1788]: Processing event: local
May 28 10:27:31 smer1 e-smith[1788]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/
local/S10module-load-usb-printer
May 28 10:27:34 smer1 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp
May 28 10:27:34 smer1 kernel: printer.c: v0.11: USB Printer Device Class driver
May 28 10:27:34 smer1 e-smith[1788]: S10module-load-usb-printer=action|Event|loc
al|Action|S10module-load-usb-printer|Start|1054114051 150513|End|1054114054 9343
96|Elapsed|3.783883
May 28 10:27:38 smer1 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:09.0
May 28 10:27:38 smer1 kernel: scsi0 : AdvanSys SCSI 3.3G: PCI Ultra: IO 0xD800-0
xD80F, IRQ 0x5
May 28 10:27:39 smer1 kernel: Vendor: ECRIX Model: VXA-1 Rev:
2B7B
May 28 10:27:39 smer1 kernel: Type: Sequential-Access ANSI
SCSI revision: 02
May 28 10:27:40 smer1 kernel: st: Version 20020205, bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, ma
x init. bufs 4, s/g segs 16
May 28 10:27:40 smer1 kernel: Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 3,
lun 0
May 28 10:27:42 smer1 mysql: ERROR 1061 at line 74: Duplicate key name 'category
_category_name_idx'
May 28 10:27:42 smer1 mysql.init: Loading 30mysql.create.horde.sql into mysql fa
iled
May 28 10:27:38 smer1 atalkd[1752]: zip_getnetinfo for eth0
May 28 09:27:42 smer1 named[1859]: starting BIND 9.2.1 -f -u dns -t /home/dns
May 28 09:27:42 smer1 named[1859]: using 1 CPU
May 28 09:27:42 smer1 named[1866]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
May 28 09:27:42 smer1 named[1866]: no IPv6 interfaces found
May 28 09:27:42 smer1 named[1866]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
May 28 09:27:42 smer1 named[1866]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, 192.168.0.2
#53
May 28 09:27:42 smer1 named[1866]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
May 28 09:27:42 smer1 named[1866]: zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1
997022700
May 28 09:27:42 smer1 named[1866]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 42
May 28 09:27:42 smer1 named[1866]: running
May 28 10:27:45 smer1 atalkd[1752]: zip_getnetinfo for eth0
May 28 10:27:55 smer1 atalkd[1752]: config for no router
May 28 10:27:56 smer1 atalkd[1752]: ready 0/0/0
May 28 10:27:56 smer1 atalk: atalkd startup succeeded
May 28 10:28:10 smer1 papd[1883]: restart (1.5.5)
May 28 10:28:10 smer1 atalk: papd startup succeeded
May 28 10:28:11 smer1 atalk: afpd startup succeeded
May 28 10:28:17 smer1 afpd[1888]: smer1:AFPServer@* started on 65280.24:128 (1.5
.5)
May 28 10:28:17 smer1 afpd[1888]: ASIP started on 192.168.0.2:548(2) (1.5.5)
May 28 10:28:17 smer1 afpd[1888]: uam: loading (/usr/lib/uams_dhx.so)
May 28 10:28:17 smer1 afpd[1888]: uam: uams_dhx.so loaded
May 28 10:28:17 smer1 afpd[1888]: uam: loading (/usr/lib/uams_pgp.so)
May 28 10:28:17 smer1 afpd[1888]: uam: uams_pgp.so loaded
May 28 10:28:17 smer1 afpd[1888]: uam: "PGPuam 1.0" available
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dave

Re: RAID configuration problem

« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2003, 10:22:26 PM »

I know this doesn't solve your problem but I don't use software RAID if it's at all avoidable. Software RAID uses the computer's processor to handle the write requests which can hamper performance, plus I couldn't get the software RAID capabilities in SME (redhat) functioning reliably. I know many are able to do it without problems so it's likely a configuration or incompatibility problem. I ultimately found a hardware RAID card that works perfectly with SME and have had no problems at all.

Incidently, the problems I was having are similar to yours. I used software RAID 1 during installation and later reboots of the server showed errors while booting the RAID device. The errors pointed to an out of sync problem. I was still testing the installation so it didn't create any real problems or data loss.

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Aaron

Re: RAID configuration problem

« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2003, 01:41:06 AM »

For the benefit of both myself and undoubtably others on this forum, what hardware RAID card to you choose to go? Thanks!

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Jon Blakely

Re: RAID configuration problem

« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2003, 03:23:12 AM »

Chris,

From the logs your server went down (probably not cleanly) and restarted hence the raid resync.
I would suspect power problems. Is the server running on UPS.

Jon

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chris snow

Re: RAID configuration problem

« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2003, 01:29:05 PM »

I will get the server onto UPS next week.

Most other SME's I setup with hardware raid now. I use the ARCO ide raid controllers http://www.arcoide.com/products/raidcontrollers/raidcontrollers.html - they are easy to setup and software independant.

I choose not to use other ide raid controllers because of issues with software compatability.

Thanks,

Chris

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dave

Re: RAID configuration problem

« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2003, 06:55:18 PM »

Aaron,

This is a home setup so I didn't have lots of $$$ to throw at the system. What I eventually did was pick up a Compaq Smart 2/P RAID card off ebay - it was real cheap and I figured if SME didn't support it, I have a Win2K server that would. Works like a champ. Then I found another ebay deal on a box of 4 full size 20GIG hard drives and set them up in a RAID5 array - 3 online and one spare. It was a bit of a pain to set up but well worth the effort.

I set up the sysinfo module to show it's configuration: http://www.dgwebhosting.com/sysinfo/

It's inaccessable right now, my external NIC died last night and the replacement isn't working (same brand and model). I have to do some research on the message boards to figure out how to properly do a swap.

Dave

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Michiel

Re: RAID configuration problem

« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2003, 01:24:28 AM »

In case anyone is interested: Following this discussion I tested the Arco DupliDisk3 ide raid controller and it works like a champ. It's indeed OS independent, automatically restores a raid partition and does it reasonably fast (about 40 minutes for a 40G disk).

The manual sucks (refers to software that has since been replaced), but since you don't really need the software, that's not a big issue.

For home use the price is rather hefty (about 300 Euro), but I would certainly recomend it for a professional production environment.

Just my 2 cents (well, actually my 300 Euros

Michiel

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