The server is an HP ProLiant DL120 G5. Controller type is LSI SAS1068E with IT firmware (no RAID, only JBOD). Disk chassises are one SuperMicro 12-bay 2U and one SuperMicro 24-bay 4U.
roy ----- Original Message ----- > Ummm that bug report says the 2 magic keywords: Jbod, and > Supermicro... And the motherboard model is a close one too :O > > Make sure that jour jbods are configured in whatever type of bios your > controller uses, every drive should be a jbod on its own. This looks > just like the problem I had (and solved). > > What board are you using? > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk > <r...@karlsbakk.net> wrote: > > Looks like this bugger > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.solaris.opensolaris.zfs/34796 > > > > Anyone that knows how this can be fixed? > > > > roy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> Hi, > >> your list looks very familiar to me; > >> I had something similar on a supermicro motherboard, if you did not > >> configure all the independent drives as separate jbods in the raid > >> controller, the order of the drives was mysteriously swapping at > >> boot > >> time. Neither ZFS, neither a conventional raid on Linux was > >> working, > >> the Linux root mirror was behaving truly funny. > >> The hardware was ok, just a bunch of odds. > >> > >> I never had the time to find the logic behind the problem, I guess > >> configuring the raid cards is a good practice... even if you are > >> doing > >> software raids. > >> > >> You should check every possible cause, one by one, the painful way. > >> Cheers > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk > >> <r...@karlsbakk.net> wrote: > >> >> It sounds like a bit too much of coincidence that 8 drives have > >> >> failed. > >> >> Maybe a port extender has failed. It would be of interest to > >> >> know > >> >> what > >> >> these 8 drives have in common. > >> > > >> > They are in two different chassises, so the only thing in common > >> > I > >> > can see, is the controller. Also, why on earth do these show up > >> > in a > >> > new order than in what they were when I created the array? > >> > > >> > Vennlige hilsener / Best regards > >> > > >> > roy > >> > -- > >> > Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk > >> > (+47) 97542685 > >> > r...@karlsbakk.net > >> > http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ > >> > -- > >> > I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres > >> > intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger > >> > å > >> > unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I > >> > de > >> > fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på > >> > norsk. > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > >> > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > >> > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >> > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > >> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > > -- > > Vennlige hilsener / Best regards > > > > roy > > -- > > Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk > > (+47) 97542685 > > r...@karlsbakk.net > > http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ > > -- > > I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres > > intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å > > unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I de > > fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på > > norsk. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss -- Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 97542685 r...@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk. _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss