#corel raid 1.00
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anybody having problems with corel raid and a FULL array (7 drives) on a single
controller??? i've 7 micropolis 1528's (1.4gb each), and i'm having some
trouble with the system crashing, but NOT if i reduce the number of drives in
the array.
also, has there been ANY maintenance releases or fixes isnce 1.00?????
What type of System? What Make/Model of SCSI controller (Adaptec, etc…) How
old are the Micropolis drives ? (Rom Version/Date) I have had problems in the
recent past with new Micropolis drives in that they did not have current bios
nor was the ASPI software up to date. I contacted Micropolis and downloaded
new drivers and a program to download new code to my drives. I had been
attempting to duplex drives and had similar luck as you have encountered. If
you need help over the weekend, I can be reached @ (800) 228-3336. They will
have to xfer you to my home number or have me paged. Good Luck….. Anthony..
Geoffrey,
Their have been NO fixes, patches or updates to this software. It has proved
to be quite solid. I would look at is memory. Do you have enough to mount a
volume that is (6 x 1.4 GB)? This is the standard RAM calculation that you
would used if it were a standard one disk volume.
The second thing that you want to look at is the controller that you are using.
If you are using a 16 bit BUS mastering, DMA using controller, then you are
limited to 16 MB of RAM. It may be that there is not enough reserved buffers
below 16 MB. Try increasing this option in the STARTUP.NCF with the set
reserve buffers below 16 MEG command.
I hope this helps
Laszlo
I've got 2 questions
1 – I'm using Corel Raid with 2 X 1.05 gig Micropolis Disks and 1-1.34 gig.
Micropolis disk. My controler is an Adaptech 1540. I made a small program that
creates 32K files named 1,2,3,4,5 … When I try it without Corel Raid, the %
of utilization of my server is around 15. With Corel Raid, it is around 85 %. I
tried to increase the buffers under 16 Megs to 64 and I've seen no change.
2- Is it possible to add a disk to the Array without backing up all the system
and restore after. If not, will it be possible in future version.
Thanks to you
Pascal Longpre
Pascal,
Like any other Netware volume, you cannot simply add a drive to it and span the
volume across the new drive without backing up the entire volume.
I hope this helps.
Laszlo