On 12/23/07 9:44 AM, "Jari Ruusu" <jariruusu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Melkor Lord wrote: >> The only thing I can think of is the way disks are connected. The >> SiliconImage SI3512 chip is on a PCI card having 2 SATA connectors. As the >> RAID configuration is done at kernel level, a single write on /dev/md0 is >> sent twice over the wire to reach both disks (RAID1 with 2 disks). > > Sorry for late answer. > > Do you see any error messages in kernel logs after you experience bad > interactivity? You can display them using 'dmesg' command. > > Silicon Image SATA controllers aren't the most reliable on the planet. BSD > folks seem to be unhappy with them: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2005-January/045923.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-February/111688.html As are some of us with Macs as well! http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=378576 -- Very Respectfully, IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR Las Vegas, NV / Beverly Hills, CA / Philadelphia, PA / Washington, DC Amateur Radio Call Sign: N3GWG (Extra) / Marine Radio Operator Permit (MROP) email: teners@xxxxxxxxxxx (also carbon copies to my Blackberry) phone: +(1) 310.358.0202 (Beverly Hills, CA, forwards to mobile phone) phone: +(1) 215.338.6005 (Philadelphia, PA, voice mail only) phone: +(1) 702.988.3989 (Las Vegas, NV, voice mail only) E-Fax: +(1) 915.773.0935 (Telecopier, fax to email gateway) Military emails (checked monthly until remote NMCI access is secured) NIPRNET: stuart.tener@xxxxxxxx / tenerstu@xxxxxxx SIPRNET: NONE TS/SCI: tenerstu@xxxxxxxxxx (GWAN) Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information, though strictly at the UNCLASSIFIED level. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the originate message. - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
