RE: [SLE] 9.2 64Bit + RAID = very slow NFS transfer and high load??
I'm using SuSE 9.2 pro with a Compaq SmartArray 2P / 3200 SCSI RAID controller and a stack of 8 SCSI drives, 18 GB 10,000 RPM. I boot from
Nah.. :) SA meaning Smart Array controller.. Either Smart Array 3200 or SMART-2 array controllers are included in my short form "SA".
They have a BIOS feature that's tied to the Compaq system BIOS to make
At 11:31 PM 4/5/2005 +0200, you wrote: them
work flawless. If you put those cards in non-Compaq computer they read fast as h*ll, but the writing is terrifying slow.
Anders.
Yikes! This is alarming. Is there no cure for this, other than obtaining a Compaq server, which I hadn't planned on doing? A Compaq P4 (a step up from what I have now, a PIII-500) would be prohibitively expensive for a hobby machine.
Is there no driver to provide some of the functionality of the BIOS? What are they doing in the BIOS that's so special?
I have no idea on WHAT they do. But they do it. You would have two other options; 1. inspect the controller microcode to find out who manufactured the card and then re-flash it with their firmware and not HP/Compaq's. 2. Get yourself another controller. I did #2 myself.. :) Anders.
At 08:24 AM 4/6/2005 +0200, Anders Norrbring wrote:
I'm using SuSE 9.2 pro with a Compaq SmartArray 2P / 3200 SCSI RAID controller and a stack of 8 SCSI drives, 18 GB 10,000 RPM. I boot from
Nah.. :) SA meaning Smart Array controller.. Either Smart Array 3200 or SMART-2 array controllers are included in my short form "SA".
They have a BIOS feature that's tied to the Compaq system BIOS to make
At 11:31 PM 4/5/2005 +0200, you wrote: them
work flawless. If you put those cards in non-Compaq computer they read fast as h*ll, but the writing is terrifying slow.
Anders.
Yikes! This is alarming. Is there no cure for this, other than obtaining a Compaq server, which I hadn't planned on doing? A Compaq P4 (a step up from what I have now, a PIII-500) would be prohibitively expensive for a hobby machine.
Is there no driver to provide some of the functionality of the BIOS? What are they doing in the BIOS that's so special?
I have no idea on WHAT they do. But they do it. You would have two other options;
1. inspect the controller microcode to find out who manufactured the card and then re-flash it with their firmware and not HP/Compaq's.
2. Get yourself another controller.
I did #2 myself.. :)
What card did you get Anders? I need to run my 8 drive array of SCSI drives (Raid 5). Right now I'm using one channel of the RAID controller for one 3-drive cage and another channel for a 5-drive cage, all as one logical array. [Love] Women who sway men are like the sea, full of moods, changeful, hard to fathom, never twice the same and often quite as treacherous. - -Minna Antrim (fl. 1900) Naked Truths and Veiled Illusions --... ...-- -.. . -. ----. --.- --.- -... tpeters@nospam.mixcom.com (remove "nospam") N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) WEB ADDRESS http//www.mixweb.com/tpeters 43° 7' 17.2" N by 88° 6' 28.9" W, Elevation 815', Grid Square EN53wc WAN/LAN/Telcom Analyst, Tech Writer, MCP, CCNA, Registered Linux User 385531
At 08:24 AM 4/6/2005 +0200, Anders Norrbring wrote:
> I'm using SuSE 9.2 pro with a Compaq SmartArray 2P / 3200 SCSI RAID > controller and a stack of 8 SCSI drives, 18 GB 10,000 RPM. I boot from
Nah.. :) SA meaning Smart Array controller.. Either Smart Array 3200 or SMART-2 array controllers are included in my short form "SA".
They have a BIOS feature that's tied to the Compaq system BIOS to make
At 11:31 PM 4/5/2005 +0200, you wrote: them
work flawless. If you put those cards in non-Compaq computer they read fast as h*ll, but the writing is terrifying slow.
Anders.
Yikes! This is alarming. Is there no cure for this, other than obtaining a Compaq server, which I hadn't planned on doing? A Compaq P4 (a step up from what I have now, a PIII-500) would be prohibitively expensive for a hobby machine.
Is there no driver to provide some of the functionality of the BIOS? What are they doing in the BIOS that's so special?
I have no idea on WHAT they do. But they do it. You would have two other options;
1. inspect the controller microcode to find out who manufactured the card and then re-flash it with their firmware and not HP/Compaq's.
2. Get yourself another controller.
I did #2 myself.. :)
What card did you get Anders? I need to run my 8 drive array of SCSI drives (Raid 5). Right now I'm using one channel of the RAID controller for one 3-drive cage and another channel for a 5-drive cage, all as one logical array.
I run a couple of different actually. Adaptec 2100S, 2120S, 3410S, 2230SLP and a couple of Mylex AcceleRAID 400. Anders.
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