Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-11-04 Thread grant beattie
Ed Saipetch wrote: > To answer a number of questions: > > Regarding different controllers, I've tried 2 Syba Sil 3114 controllers > purchased about 4 months apart. I've tried 5.4.3 firmware with one and > 5.4.13 with another. Maybe Syba makes crappy Sil 3114 cards but it's the > same one that

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-31 Thread Edward Saipetch
Mario, I don't have any issues getting a new card. The root of the discussion started because people did indeed post that they had good luck with them. In fact, when I went out there and google'd to find which cards would worked well, it seemed to be at the top of the list. I'm interested t

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-31 Thread Mario Goebbels
I haven't seen the beginning of this discussion, but seeing SiI sets the fire alarm off here. The Silicon Image chipsets are renowned to be crap and causing data corruption. At least the variants that usually go onto mainboards. Based on this, I suggest that you should get a different card. -mg

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-31 Thread Edward Saipetch
Nigel, Thanks for the response! Basically my last method of testing was to sftp a few 50-100MB files to /tank over a couple of minutes and force a scrub after. The very first time this happened, I was using it as a NAS device dumping data to it for over a week. I went to a customer's site t

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-31 Thread Nigel Smith
Ok, this is a strange problem! You seem to have tried & eliminated all the possible issues that the community has suggested! I was hoping you would see some errors logged in '/var/adm/messages' that would give a clue. Your original 'zpool status' said 140 errors. Over what time period are these o

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-30 Thread Mauro Mozzarelli
Hi, I have the same sil3114 based controller, installed in a dual Opteron box. I have installed Solaris x86 and have had no problem with it, however I hardly used that box with Solaris as my installation was only to try out Solaris on my Opteron worksation. Instead, on that workstation I consta

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-30 Thread Ed Saipetch
Tried that... completely different cases with different power supplies. On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:28 AM, Al Hopper wrote: > On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, MC wrote: > >>> Here's what I've done so far: >> >> The obvious thing to test is the drive controller, so maybe you >> should do that :) >> > > Also - wh

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-30 Thread Al Hopper
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, MC wrote: >> Here's what I've done so far: > > The obvious thing to test is the drive controller, so maybe you should do > that :) > Also - while you're doing swapTronics - don't forget the Power Supply (PSU). Ensure that your PSU has sufficient capacity on its 12Volt rai

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-30 Thread Ed Saipetch
To answer a number of questions: Regarding different controllers, I've tried 2 Syba Sil 3114 controllers purchased about 4 months apart. I've tried 5.4.3 firmware with one and 5.4.13 with another. Maybe Syba makes crappy Sil 3114 cards but it's the same one that someone on blogs.sun.com used

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-30 Thread Frank . Hofmann
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Tomasz Torcz wrote: > On 10/30/07, Neal Pollack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I'm experiencing major checksum errors when using a syba silicon image 3114 >>> based pci sata controller w/ nonraid firmware. I've tested by copying data >>> via sftp and smb. With everything I

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-30 Thread Stephen Usher
One thing to check before you blame your controller: Are the SATA cables close together for an extended length? Basically, most SATA cables will generate massive levels of cross-talk between them if they're tied together or a run parallel in close proximity for a part of their run-leng

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-30 Thread Tomasz Torcz
On 10/30/07, Neal Pollack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm experiencing major checksum errors when using a syba silicon image 3114 > > based pci sata controller w/ nonraid firmware. I've tested by copying data > > via sftp and smb. With everything I've swapped out, I can't fathom this > > be

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-30 Thread Nigel Smith
And are you seeing any error messages in '/var/adm/messages' indicating any failure on the disk controller card? If so, please post a sample back here to the forum. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@open

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-30 Thread Nigel Smith
First off, can we just confirm the exact version of the Silicon Image Card and which driver Solaris is using. Use 'prtconf -pv' and '/usr/X11/bin/scanpci' to get the PCI vendor & device ID information. Use 'prtconf -D' to confirm which drivers are being used by which devices. And 'modinfo' will

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-29 Thread Neal Pollack
Edward Saipetch wrote: > Neal Pollack wrote: >> Ed Saipetch wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm experiencing major checksum errors when using a syba silicon >>> image 3114 based pci sata controller w/ nonraid firmware. I've >>> tested by copying data via sftp and smb. With everything I've >>> swappe

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-29 Thread James C. McPherson
Will Murnane wrote: > On 10/30/07, Edward Saipetch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> As a side note, what SATA cards are people having luck with? > Running b74, I'm very happy with the Marvell mv88sx6081-based Supermicro card: > http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AoC-SAT2-MV8.cfm > ht

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-29 Thread Will Murnane
On 10/30/07, Edward Saipetch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a side note, what SATA cards are people having luck with? Running b74, I'm very happy with the Marvell mv88sx6081-based Supermicro card: http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AoC-SAT2-MV8.cfm http://www.newegg.com/Product/P

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-29 Thread MC
> Here's what I've done so far: The obvious thing to test is the drive controller, so maybe you should do that :) This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/l

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-29 Thread Edward Saipetch
Neal Pollack wrote: > Ed Saipetch wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm experiencing major checksum errors when using a syba silicon >> image 3114 based pci sata controller w/ nonraid firmware. I've >> tested by copying data via sftp and smb. With everything I've >> swapped out, I can't fathom this be

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-29 Thread Neal Pollack
Ed Saipetch wrote: > Hello, > > I'm experiencing major checksum errors when using a syba silicon image 3114 > based pci sata controller w/ nonraid firmware. I've tested by copying data > via sftp and smb. With everything I've swapped out, I can't fathom this > being a hardware problem. I ca

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-29 Thread Nathan Kroenert
You have not mentioned if you have swapped the 3114 based HBA itself...? Have you tried a different HBA? :) Nathan. Ed Saipetch wrote: > Hello, > > I'm experiencing major checksum errors when using a syba silicon image 3114 > based pci sata controller w/ nonraid firmware. I've tested by copyi

[zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-29 Thread Ed Saipetch
Hello, I'm experiencing major checksum errors when using a syba silicon image 3114 based pci sata controller w/ nonraid firmware. I've tested by copying data via sftp and smb. With everything I've swapped out, I can't fathom this being a hardware problem. There have been quite a few blog pos