I use CentOS 4.2(Final)/Bluequartz Installation CD v3.5 with kernel
2.6.9-34.EL, Adaptec hardware raid controller ATA 2400A (BIOS 1.92), RAID
1, and 2 brandnew 300 GB harddrives.
I have tested that configuration on 2 different servers with different
Adaptec controllers and different harddrives. I also tested different
RAM's on the motherboard and also on the Adaptec controllers.
If i save files on the server (wget or ftp or sftp) the RAID will crash -->
"Status: Impacted" at the second harddrive
I cannot login, neither at the console nor ssh or BQ GUI after this. But i
can ping and portscan the server, everything seems OK.
Only a cold reboot and a "Rebuild RAID" (Ctrl-A menu of Adaptec BIOS) will
bring back the server to live.
Sometimes i got a read-only filesystem. Sometimes i got the error
ext3-fs error (device i2o/hda3) in start_transaction journal has aborted
LogWatch sends me this here:
WARNING: Kernel Errors Present
/dev/i2o/hda error: Failure communi...: 4 Time(s)
Buffer I/O error on device i2o/hd...: 33 Time(s)
EXT3-fs error (device i2o/hda7...: 1 Time(s)
end_request: I/O error, dev i2o/hda, se...: 4 Time(s)
lost page write due to I/O error on i2o/hda7...: 33 Time(s)
and this too:
Mar 24 04:15:48 end_request: I/O error, dev i2o/hda, sector 390697107
Mar 24 04:15:48 end_request: I/O error, dev i2o/hda, sector 390697371
Mar 24 04:15:48 end_request: I/O error, dev i2o/hda, sector 390697851
Mar 24 04:15:48 end_request: I/O error, dev i2o/hda, sector 390698579
Here are the /var/log/messages:
Mar 24 04:15:48 bq kernel: /dev/i2o/hda error: Failure communicating to
device.
Mar 24 04:15:48 bq kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev i2o/hda, sector
390697107
Mar 24 04:15:48 bq kernel: Buffer I/O error on device i2o/hda7, logical
block 45664293
Mar 24 04:15:48 bq kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on i2o/hda7
I use the same controller on another machine with Bluequartz/FC1 since more
than 1 year and i didnt had any problems like that. I have 120 GB RAID 1 on
that machine.
Does anybody have a solution? Maybe another RAID controller? Which one? Or
a kernel
patch?
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