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georg
PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 9:46 am 
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And how about the below ... is that a problem ? ("NASLite-2 v2.62 02-2010")

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May 13 09:04:27 [2] ide-gd driver 1.18
May 13 09:04:27 [2] hda: max request size: 128KiB
May 13 09:04:27 [2] hda: 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63
May 13 09:04:27 [2] hda:
May 13 09:04:27 [5] hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
May 13 09:04:27 [5] hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
May 13 09:04:27 [5] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0x10
May 13 09:04:28 [4] GPT:Primary header thinks Alt. header is not at the end of the disk.
May 13 09:04:28 [4] GPT:312581805 != 312581807
May 13 09:04:28 [4] GPT:Alternate GPT header not at the end of the disk.
May 13 09:04:28 [4] GPT:312581805 != 312581807
May 13 09:04:28 [4] GPT: Use GNU Parted to correct GPT errors.
May 13 09:04:28 [4] hda1
May 13 09:04:28 [2] hde: max request size: 512KiB
May 13 09:04:28 [2] hde: 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63
May 13 09:04:28 [2] hde: cache flushes supported
May 13 09:04:28 [2] hde:
May 13 09:04:28 [4] GPT:Primary header thinks Alt. header is not at the end of the disk.
May 13 09:04:28 [4] GPT:312581805 != 312581807
May 13 09:04:28 [4] GPT:Alternate GPT header not at the end of the disk.
May 13 09:04:28 [4] GPT:312581805 != 312581807
May 13 09:04:28 [4] GPT: Use GNU Parted to correct GPT errors.


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Tony
PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 5:00 pm 
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georg wrote:
And how about the below ... is that a problem ? ("NASLite-2 v2.62 02-2010")

What am I looking at?
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Tony
PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 5:01 pm 
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Can I downgrade NL-2 the same way I upgrade (the 'i' option)?
Yes
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georg
PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 5:15 pm 
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Tony wrote:
What am I looking at?
You are looking at an excerpt of a Syslog on version "NASLite-2 v2.62 02-2010" with two 160GB IDE drives, one of which is behind an IT8212 (now in NON-Raid mode, and it probably causes the level [5] messages), the other HDD on a separate IDE channel. The HDDs had been formatted and used with version "NASLite-2 v2.63b04-2010" in RAID-1 on the IT8212 card, then "split" and rebooted with the v2.62 in NON-Raid mode.

I am wondering about the level [4] messages.
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Tony
PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 8:25 pm 
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georg wrote:
Tony wrote:
What am I looking at?
You are looking at an excerpt of a Syslog on version "NASLite-2 v2.62 02-2010" with two 160GB IDE drives, one of which is behind an IT8212 (now in NON-Raid mode, and it probably causes the level [5] messages), the other HDD on a separate IDE channel. The HDDs had been formatted and used with version "NASLite-2 v2.63b04-2010" in RAID-1 on the IT8212 card, then "split" and rebooted with the v2.62 in NON-Raid mode.

I am wondering about the level [4] messages.
Ah.

So the partition was created when the drives were members of the same RAID? If so, then that's the problem. You can't just split RAID members for access individually. Maybe for recovery purposes but not interchangeably. There is RAID-specific data on the drives that will not be there if you partition individually.
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georg
PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 10:01 pm 
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Thanks for that info. My first foray into RAID (the cheap RAID card that actually works with NL under the up-and-coming 2.63 motivated me to take this step). I had assumed the RAID-1 drives are really and truly simply copies (mirror) of each other with the PCI card hardware taking care of the mirroring. (The "split" was done to verify data integrity of 2.63 by doing compare of the two drives' contents.)
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PieterB
PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2010 1:08 am 
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georg wrote:
the cheap RAID card that actually works with NL under the up-and-coming 2.63 motivated me to take this step


Would you mind revealing the name of the card?
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georg
PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2010 7:24 am 
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PieterB wrote:
georg wrote:
the cheap RAID card that actually works with NL under the up-and-coming 2.63 motivated me to take this step

Would you mind revealing the name of the card?

See here: CheapRAID ... however, notice the issues reported. So now Tony/Ralph and I are working on NL2 v2.63beta. The card is now basically working, but more testing is needed for me to be comfortable. And finally, the read/write performance of the card is not blazingly fast. But in my case the objective is RAID-1 (mirror) for critical data, and as long as I get medium performance with complete reliability, I will be happy.

Also, (not related to NASLite) when trying to rebuild a RAID-1 array from the good drive to a wiped one, in the card BIOS, the procedure went in the wrong direction and I ended up with two blank drives rather than the expected ~74GB of mirrored data on both :shock: But that might be just my inexperience with RAID or the card :oops:

The card can be bought here. When ServerElements officially announces v2.63 the bugs should be worked out, but for $13 8) ... stock up now if you're interested.
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PieterB
PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2010 7:54 am 
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georg wrote:
Also, (not related to NASLite) when trying to rebuild a RAID-1 array from the good drive to a wiped one, in the card BIOS, the procedure went in the wrong direction and I ended up with two blank drives rather than the expected ~74GB of mirrored data on both


My method in securing data is a RAID-1 array on a good controller (I am using in several servers the 3Ware 8006-2LP controller) and a single drive (IDE or sata) on the motherboard with a daily NASlite mirror to the single drive. For ridiculous redundancy I use in one case on top of that a daily FTP backup to one of my on-line storage locations. I am using (on a XP workstation) Acronis True Image Home, a beautiful, versatile program. It backs up all the RAID array data.

By the way: your cheap controller is -regretfully- IDE; I am using sata drives only. They are getting bigger and bigger, and cheaper.
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georg
PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:03 am 
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Good backup plan, Pieter !
Yes, IDE-only-card ... it allows me to re-purpose the older drives that have accumulated over time (some of which go up to 400GB).
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tony a
PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2010 9:21 am 
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an interesting card - wonder if it will work with ide/sata convertors - need to find one in uk
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