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From: "Eric Dorman" <edorman@san.rr.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] file server problems
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:49:45 -0700
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----- Original Message -----
From: <forsyth@vitanuova.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [9fans] file server problems


> someone from borf.com mentioned a problem with a file server corrupting
> the file system.  i've just seen that myself with the new file server
> code (it didn't happen with the old one).  fortunately it was just
> the scratch file system on an older scsi disc on a x542b.
> it corrupts fairly quickly after i ream it.
> the main file system on a symbios card is fine.  it's an ISA bus card, and
> i might suspect 24-bit addressing problems on the 32mbyte file
> server but the buslogic/adaptec code does attempt to compensate for that.

i've not had any trouble with my IDE fileserver, though this is evidenced
only by heavy multiprocessed builds not real multiuser activity.  my fs is
a P5-200 with 64Mb on a 10BaseT, 2x3.5Gb disks.

Eric Dorman
edorman@san.rr.com