Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Igor Neves wrote: > > > On 11/20/2009 05:01 PM, Mike Lovell wrote: >> Mike Lovell wrote: >>> Mike Lovell wrote: >>>> Igor Neves wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Are you still using software raid? >>>>> >>>>> Have you tryed out using hardware raid? >>>>> >>>>> The only time i had tryed out drbd with mdraid, well let's say, i >>>>> never will try that again, from now on, we only use areca raid >>>>> cards. Anyway, software raid it's slow, if you want to do this >>>>> thing, buy raid controllers, the best ones are areca, 3ware and >>>>> lsi it's bad, don't know all the others. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> On 10/23/2009 10:40 PM, Mike Lovell wrote: >>>>>> exaggerated the problem. when the sync hangs, the drbd module is >>>>>> almost completely unresponsive. i tried doing a pause-sync and >>>>>> then resume-sync thinking that it would nudge the module into >>>>>> working but the commands timeout on talking to the module. i can >>>>>> still cat /proc/drbd but that is about it until i take down the >>>>>> network interface and drbd detects the network change. if i then >>>>>> bring back up the interface, drbd detects it can talk again but >>>>>> then only syncs a couple of megabytes before stalling again. i >>>>>> have tried every way i can think of to check the integrity of the >>>>>> network link between the hosts and everything says they are fine >>>>>> except for during a ping flood there will be a few out of a couple h >>>>> >>>> yes, i am using software raid. i guess i didn't try changing that >>>> during my hardware changes. i'll see if i can scrounge up some raid >>>> controllers to test this with. >>> >>> i got a hold of a few 3ware controllers and used these for the disk >>> array instead of the software raid. unfortunately, it still broke. >> >> after much more experimentation and buying new hardware, i got a >> things working. i did eventually try doing this on the hardware i had >> using opensuse 11.2 and centos 5.4. same problems. luckily, i was >> able to convince my boss to let me buy some new 10 gig nics cause >> those are the only thing that didn't change. i ordered some cards >> from chelsio (pcie, dual port cx4) and just got them on wednesday. >> put them in, configure them, and start syncing. never hiccuped. so, i >> guess for anyone else wanting to try this, avoid using 10gig pcie >> intel nics. >> >> mike > > Hi, > > Can you please give me the exact Part-Number of the Cards that work > from chelsio? > > And by the way the exact Model/Part-Number from intel, the ones that > don't worked? my intel cards are the supermicro aoc-stg-i2. i can't find the card on supermicro site any more but it is very similar to the aoc-utg-i2 which is still listed. both just use the 82598EB chip. only difference is the form factor. my chelsio cards are the N320E-CXA. mike