Reproducible FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE (Jul 7) , 3ware 7506-4 lockup.

[Alasdair Lumsden]

On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 20:40, Jason Thomson wrote:
> Another data point:
> 
> In one previouse instance of this problem,  we resolved the symptoms by
> checking the disks with Maxtor's PowerMax tools.  One disk was found to
> have errors and been and repairing / replacing that disk resolved the
> errors.  (However,  if the disk has errors,  I would expect the RAID
> card to deal with it!).

Absolutely. If a disk is misbehaving, then it should be dropped from the
array and the hot-spare used (if any). That way the disk can be pulled
and replaced. The machine shouldn't lock up.

We've ordered some 9000 series cards to replace the 8000 series cards we
are having problems with. I'll report back any progress.