The author of the twe driver, Michael Smith, confirms he hasn't worked on the driver for several years now.
Quoting Bruce Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I openned a case with 3ware tech support and they responded: > > >We do not support FreeBSD plus the > >current driver for FreeBSD has not been > >updated for some time to keep up with > >firmware changes. > > > >Please try linux instead. > > So I guess I will try that and see what happens. > > > Quoting Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I have a hard time believing that hardware implementation of > > RAID5 would corrupt files over RAID10, perhaps your 3ware > > card/its firmware is malfunctioning, but anything is possible. > > Well, I'll have to see for myself, I'm about to build RAID5 NAS > > using maxtor drives and 7500-8 3ware card. > > > > -Simon > > > > On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:05:36 -0500, Bruce Campbell wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Tested with RAID 10 instead of RAID 5, success ! > > > > > >RAID 10 arrays tested: 6xWD200GB and 8xWD200GB both worked > > >RAID 5 arrays tested: 6xWD200GB and 4xWD200GB both failed > > > > > >Note: 3ware lists the WD 200GB disk as "Under Test". (ie they have not yet > > > >given it a "Compatible" rating) > > > > > >details of tests and the procedure to detect the failure etc at > > > > > > >http://www.freebsd.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/bin/view/Freebsd/BackupServerProblem > > > > > >I still have to try an officially approved drive. > > > > > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------- > > >This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Bruce Campbell > Engineering Computing > CPH-2374B > University of Waterloo > (519)888-4567 ext 5889 > > ---------------------------------------- > This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca > -- Bruce Campbell Engineering Computing CPH-2374B University of Waterloo (519)888-4567 ext 5889 ---------------------------------------- This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
