NASLite Network Attached Storage

I was having extremely slow reads and writes on a brand new Naslite2-HDD server. Even such things as typing the letters to login directly (not telnet) was veryyyyy slow. It started out OK, but went to very slow operation after a couple of hours.

Reading some other posts on forum, I decide to do some "IRQ Checking". Could not find IRQ assignements in BIOS so I turned off the IDE0 slave in BIOS (set to None). Only one IDE port on MB.

When booting, the system messages did not find the IDE0 Slave; as expected.

However, Naslite DOES recognize the drive and reports it as clean. The Storage configuration reports the drive as Mounted and ready.

The slowness problem appears to be gone; for now at least.

Do the BIOS settings for Hard drives have any effect on Linux? It appears not.
Is Linux assigning it's own IRQs with the drive turned off in the BIOS and doing it properly?

My main concern is I may be creating problems that will appear later on.

BTW, don't know much about Linux, obviously.

System:

MB - ECS Geforce 6100PM-M2 with on board NVidia 6100 GPU
MB - 1 IDE port, 4 SATA ports
RAM - 1 GB Corsair DDR2 800
Network card: Intel Pro 1000 with approved chipset.
Hard Drives:
IDE0 - 250 GB Seagate 7200 (Boot Drive 0)
IDE0-Slave - 750 GB (Drive 1) mirror of SATA3-Drive 4
SATA1 - 1 TB Seagate (Drive 2)
SATA2 - 1 TB Seagate (Drive 3) Mirror of Sata1-Drive 2
SATA3 - 750 TB Seagate (Drive 4)

Thanks for any pointers you may have!

Back to extremely slow again this morning.

System status shows Load at 300_% and memory (iGB) fully used.
When rebooting the system goes thru a full check of the disks as if it had crashed.

Any thoughts?

Post the syslog

Here's the syslog. I swapped out the MB for a Biostar MCP6P-M2, Same Phoenix BIOS,

I rebooted the machine and it went thru a complete check of Disk 1 (IDE Slave) but recognized 2,3, and 4 as clean immediately.

Jul 24 07:32:44 user.notice kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.01 (2007.03.15-22:03+0000)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Linux version 2.4.35.NASLite (root@tzt) (gcc version 3.4.6) #2 Sun Aug 12 09:03:16 EDT 2007
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000037ef0000 (usable)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000037ef0000 - 0000000037ef3000 (ACPI NVS)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000037ef3000 - 0000000037f00000 (ACPI data)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000038000000 - 0000000040000000 (reserved)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000f0000000 - 00000000f4000000 (reserved)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.notice kernel: 0MB HIGHMEM available.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.notice kernel: 894MB LOWMEM available.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 229104
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: zone(1): 225008 pages.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: zone(2): 0 pages.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: RSDP (v000 Nvidia ) @ 0x000f80c0
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: RSDT (v001 Nvidia NVDAACPI 0x42302e31 NVDA 0x00000000) @ 0x37ef3040
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: FADT (v001 Nvidia NVDAACPI 0x42302e31 NVDA 0x00000000) @ 0x37ef30c0
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: SSDT (v001 PTLTD POWERNOW 0x00000001 LTP 0x00000001) @ 0x37ef95c0
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: HPET (v001 Nvidia NVDAACPI 0x42302e31 NVDA 0x00000098) @ 0x37ef9700
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: MCFG (v001 Nvidia NVDAACPI 0x42302e31 NVDA 0x00000000) @ 0x37ef9780
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: MADT (v001 Nvidia NVDAACPI 0x42302e31 NVDA 0x00000000) @ 0x37ef9500
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: DSDT (v001 NVIDIA NVDAACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000e) @ 0x00000000
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Kernel command line: rw root=/dev/ram0 initrd=NASLite.02 quiet BOOT_IMAGE=naslite.01
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Detected 1908.796 MHz processor.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Calibrating delay loop. 3801.08 BogoMIPS
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Memory: 899628k/916416k available (2214k kernel code, 16400k reserved, 642k data, 540k init, 0k highmem)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: CPU: After generic, caps: 078bfbff ebd3fbff 00000000 00000000
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: CPU: Common caps: 078bfbff ebd3fbff 00000000 00000000
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: CPU: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor LE-1100 stepping 01
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore. done.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support. done.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction. OK.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Edge set to Level Trigger.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 3.00 entry at 0xfab70, last bus=4
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: Interpreter enabled
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: System [ACPI] (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Transparent bridge - PCI device 10de:03f3
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB0._PRT]
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK2] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK3] (IRQs *5 7 9 10 11 14 15)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK4] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK5] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK6] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK7] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK8] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LIGP] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LP2P] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUBA] (IRQs *5 7 9 10 11 14 15)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMAC] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 *15)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ZA] (IRQs 5 7 9 *10 11 14 15)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LPMU] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSMB] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUB2] (IRQs 5 7 9 *10 11 14 15)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LIDE] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSID] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LFID] (IRQs 5 7 9 *10 11 14 15)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC1] (IRQs 16) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC2] (IRQs 17) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC3] (IRQs 18) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC4] (IRQs 19) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC5] (IRQs 16) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC6] (IRQs 16) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC7] (IRQs 16) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC8] (IRQs 16) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AIGP] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCF] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCH] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APMU] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AAZA] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCS] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCL] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCM] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCZ] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSI] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSJ] (IRQs 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSMB] enabled at IRQ 11
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUBA] enabled at IRQ 5
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUB2] enabled at IRQ 10
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] enabled at IRQ 10
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMAC] enabled at IRQ 15
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSID] enabled at IRQ 11
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LFID] enabled at IRQ 10
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LIGP] enabled at IRQ 11
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK3] enabled at IRQ 5
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Starting kswapd
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: devfs: boot_options: 0x1
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports C1)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (25 C)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.20-k4
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: e1000: 01:06.0: e1000_probe: (PCI:66MHz:32-bit) 00:0e:0c:c6:5a:dd
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: dgrs: SW=$Id: dgrs.c,v 1.13 2000/06/06 04:07:00 rick Exp $ FW=Build 550 11/16/96 03:45:15
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: FW Version=$Version$
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: pcnet32.c:v1.30h 06.24.2004 tsbogend@alpha.franken.de
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ThunderLAN driver v1.15
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: TLAN: 0 devices installed, PCI: 0 EISA: 0
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ns83820.c: National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: sk98lin: No adapter found.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.50.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: hda: ST3250823A, ATA DISK drive
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: hdb: ST3750640A, ATA DISK drive
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: hda: attached ide-disk driver.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: hda: host protected area => 1
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: hda: 488397168 sectors (250059 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=30401/255/63
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: hdb: attached ide-disk driver.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: hdb: host protected area => 1
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: 465149168 sectors (750156 MB) w/16384KiB Cache, CHS=91201/255/63
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Partition check:
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: p1
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Loading Adaptec I2O RAID: Version 2.4 Build 5
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Detecting Adaptec I2O RAID controllers.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Red Hat/Adaptec aacraid driver (1.1-3 Aug 12 2007 09:05:44)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: scsi: Detection failed (no card)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.notice kernel: megaraid: v2.10.10.1 (Release Date: Thu Jan 27 16:19:44 EDT 2005)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Storage RAID Controller Driver. Version: 3.04
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Found 0 PCI Storage RAID Controllers
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.037.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: 3w-xxxx: No cards found.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: libata version 1.20 loaded.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: PCI(00:08.0): version 0.8
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:08.0 to 64
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:08.1 to 64
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9F0 ctl 0xBF2 bmdma 0xD800 irq 11
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x970 ctl 0xB72 bmdma 0xD808 irq 11
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: ata1: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:346b 83:7d01 84:4123 85:3469 86:bc01 87:4123 88:407f
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ata1: dev 0 ATA-8, max UDMA/133, 1953525168 sectors: LBA48
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ata1: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: ata2: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:346b 83:7d01 84:4123 85:3469 86:bc01 87:4123 88:407f
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ata2: dev 0 ATA-8, max UDMA/133, 1953525168 sectors: LBA48
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ata2: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9E0 ctl 0xBE2 bmdma 0xC400 irq 10
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x960 ctl 0xB62 bmdma 0xC408 irq 10
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: ata3: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:346b 83:7d01 84:4023 85:3469 86:3c01 87:4023 88:407f
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ata3: dev 0 ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 1465149168 sectors: LBA48
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ata3: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ata4: no device found (phy stat 00000000)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: scsi1 : sata_nv
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: scsi2 : sata_nv
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: scsi3 : sata_nv
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: scsi4 : sata_nv
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Vendor: ATA Model: ST31000340AS Rev: SD15
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Vendor: ATA Model: ST31000340AS Rev: SD15
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Vendor: ATA Model: ST3750840AS Rev: 3.AA
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: Attached scsi disk sdc at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: SCSI device sda: 1953525168 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000205 MB)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: SCSI device sdb: 1953525168 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000205 MB)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: /dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: SCSI device sdc: 1465149168 512-byte hdwr sectors (750156 MB)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: /dev/scsi/host3/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: sbp2: $Rev: 1074 $ Ben Collins
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.err kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io = 1)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:02.1 to 64
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:02.1: PCI device 10de:03f2
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:02.1: irq 10, pci mem f8833000
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: PCI: cache line size of 64 is not supported by device 00:02.1
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:02.1: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2003-Dec-29/2.4
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: hub.c: 10 ports detected
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:02.0 to 64
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: host/usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xf8835000, IRQ 5
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: host/usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.0, PCI device 10de:03f1
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: hub.c: 10 ports detected
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbkbd
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: usbkbd.c: :USB HID Boot Protocol keyboard driver
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 8192 buckets, 64Kbytes
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: P for Linux NET4.0.
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.notice kernel: RAMDISK: NASLite file system found at block 0
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: <6>Freeing initrd memory: 1962k freed
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Mounted devfs on /dev
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 540k freed
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.info kernel: e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.warn kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.err kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide0(3,65)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.err kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on sd(8,1)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.err kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on sd(8,17)
Jul 24 07:32:44 user.err kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on sd(8,33)





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You have severe IRQ problems that should be addressed if transfers are to improve. For testing purposes, what you can do is disable ACPI and PnP in the BIOS. Also disable all unnecessary support such as COM, LPT, Sound, VGA IRQ, IR, floppy, On-board NIC (if unused), etc. What that will do is allow the BIOS to allocate IRQs prior to the OS boot.

After the BIOS changes do a cold reboot (from powered down state) and see what you get. If all seems good, then turn ACPI back on in the BIOS and do a cold reboot again. Leave PnP disabled and benchmark the transfers accordingly.

Hope that helps.

Thanks Tony.

The only shared IRQ I have now is IRQ7 which is shared by the SMBus and the Display Controller. Don't believe that is a problem.

IDE channels all have a seperate IRQ (10,11,14), as well as ACPI(9) and NIC(5).


Thanks again.

Your USB is on IRQ 5 as well as your NIC. I would suggest disabling USB and FDD as a start....

Yes, I have disabled both the FDD and the USB after the syslog above was posted.

It's been running about 36 hours now without issue.

Thanks.

Good result!