RAID Controller Sloows Doown

[barrypearlman]

I have an Adaptec 2130 SLP SCSI RAID controller with 8 Seagate drives in a RAID 10 configuration (RAID 5 does the same thing). For some reason, when there is very heavy I/O, the controller will lock up for about 10 - 15 seconds and then continue at about 1/10th the speed.

OS: XP Pro or Vista 32
Motherboard: SuperMicro and Asus
Video: Various cards.

Motherboard, controller, video card, cables all changed out to new or known good.

Has anyone ever run into this?

Thanks,

Barry

 

[LawnBoy]

Adaptec generally make very solid controllers. Any chance you've got a screwy disk in the bunch?


"We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[wahnula]

the controller will lock up for about 10 - 15 seconds and then continue at about 1/10th the speed.

Sounds like a drive is dropping out of the array and then rebuilding. Are there any logs or a Windows app for the RAID controller? Are the drives in a mobile rack?

Tony

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