> The problem with this controller is that if you try to use smartctl or > smartd to monitor your drives, the controller will become unresponsive > and offline an arbitrary amount of drives. This causes a huge problem > in raid because then the drives get marked as failed and I have to > force add them back into the array. This is a known issue with the 1068 series which AFAIK there are some patches floating around that resolve this issue. Refer to https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14831 for particulars. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html