On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 07:05:42PM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: > > newmagic:~# hdparm -t /dev/md2 > > /dev/md2: > > HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > Timing buffered disk reads: 2 MB in 5.76 seconds = 355.42 kB/sec > > > > I think things hang a bit less, which I suppose it good, but the system is > > still unusable overall. > > Ok, I'm sorry it didn't help. Unless someone spots the problem > somewhere outside BFQ, I'm willing to analyze this apparently tough > scenario, as an opportunity to improve BFQ. If fine for you, just > contact me offline. I'm sure there is something very wrong somewhere, and that it's not BFQ's fault. I just haven't been able to pinpoint the problem. I ended up finding an H700 card with cables that should fit, so I'm going to try this first, and see what happens, thanks o1bigtenor for the suggestion. Linux-raid folks, the original post still has a warning likely worth looking into: [14852.341924] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2530 at drivers/md/md.c:8180 md_write_inc+0x15/0x40 [md_mod] which in turn put the array in dirty mode. Best, Marc -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. Microsoft is to operating systems .... .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/