On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 13:43, Dave Page wrote: > > > Just thought I'd point you to Dell's forums. > > http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=pes_linux&page=1 > > wherein you'll find plenty of folks who have problems with > freezing RAID > controllers with 28xx and 18xx machines. > > > <shrug>Never had any such problems in the dozen or so machines we run > (about a 50-50 split of Linux to Windows). > > Regards, Dave > Yeah, We've got a mix of 2650 and 2850s, and our 2850s have been rock solid stable, unlike the 2650s. I was actually kinda surprised to see how many people have problems with the 2850s. Apparently, the 2850 mobos have a built in RAID that's pretty stable (it's got a PERC number I can't remembeR), but ordering them with an add on Perc RAID controller appears to make them somewhat unstable as well. On recommendation I've seen repeatedly is to use the --noapic option at boot time. Just FYI
