RE: RAID5 unusably unstable through 2.6.14

[Martin Drab]

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Salyzyn, Mark wrote:

> Martin Drab sez:
> > S.M.A.R.T. should be able to do this. But last time I've 
> > checked it wasn't 
> > working with Linux and SCSI/SATA. Is this working now?
> 
> Smartctl works with the latest patches to the aacraid driver to SAS and
> SATA products (no_uld_patch submitted originally in December)

Is it in mainline allready? Or do I have to get it somewhere else?

> >> Run the Verify (or Verify with Fix) Task on the controller, the
> report
> >> will indicate the reasons for inconsistencies.
> >How do I run that? Any special tools for that?
> 
> Can be triggered in the BIOS, or using the Adaptec Management Tools.

BIOS media verification completes successfully after the low-level format. 
Otherwise I wouldn't have started to install it on the same disk again of 
course.

Martin
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