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From: Simon Matter <simon.matter@ch.sauter-bc.com>
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Subject: Re: XFS corruption on SoftRAID5
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Steve Lord schrieb:
> 
> > I don't know what to try anymore...
> 
> First rule of bug reporting, which version of the kernel are you using?
I said PR1-PR3. I thought it's just the naming for the RH Kernels 1.0.1
release.
> Oh, and what type of NFS servers?
Okay, they are linux servers. kernel 2.2.16 and 2.0.36!. Just believe
me, they are not the problem.
> 
> Details, details please.
Sorry

Now, don't worry, it's not XFS!
I tried the same with ext2, same corruption.
I tried the same with SoftRAID 0, same corruption.
I tried the same with just one partition on one disk, NO problem!

> 
> Steve
> 
> >
> > I'm getting XFS filesystem corruption, I can see this when using ls or
> > du. Filenames are corrupted and also their content. I was doing the
> > first test on a DELL Precision Workstation with 4 IDE drives but I have
> > changed now. So let me explain what exactly I'm doing.
> >
> > I have set up a DELL PowerEdge 1400 Server, PIII800 / 256MB /
> > ServerWorks CNB20LE. Two U160-SCSI Disks on the first onboard controller
> > (AIC-7899). /, /boot and 2x1GB swap are on SoftRAID1 on those two disks.
> > Until here, no problem at all, using kernel PR1-PR3. Then I installed
> > one Promise Ultra100TX2 IDE controller, connecting 4 IBM 60GB drives. I
> > created 1 RAID5 on those 4 drives. I then do a 'sysctl -w
> > dev.raid.speed_limit_min=10000' to resync the raid faster, otherwise it
> > takes days to sync. Then while syncing, I create an XFS filsystem on it
> > and mount it on /home. Now I copy some GB of data from 2 NFS servers
> > (while it is still syncing). This is going slow because of high priority
> > syncing, but beside that, not problem at all. Later then, after the sync
> > has finished and after some reboots, I just made an ls -R /home and
> > found out that the filnames were corrupt. I know that what I did is a
> > torture for the system, but it should be able to handle such situations.
> > Can somebody tell me what could cause the problem. Could it be the
> > combination of RAID5 / XFS / syncing / heavy load? Unfortunately there
> > is absolutely noting to find in the kernel logs.
> >
> > My next steps before giving up:
> > - I have installed a second Prosime controller to make sure every IDE
> > disk has it's own channel. (Don't blame Promise, I had exactly the same
> > prob with the i820 IDE of the DELL Precision 220). Test is running right
> > now...
> >
> > - Configuring the 4 IDE disks as RAID10 and test again. I will loose
> > 60GB, but at least we then know that SoftRAID5 with IDE with XFS with
> > ... with ... is DANGEROUS(tm).
> >
> > - Try with ext2 on the RAID5 :-(
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help
> >
> > Simon
> >