Copying big files in RAID5 will stall system

Micro420 · 03-07-2007, 05:11 PM

Not sure if this is a hardware problem or an OS problem, or both.

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My machine spec:
Ubuntu 6.10
Pentium 3 600MHz
512MB RAM (PC133)
40GB (software RAID 1 - IDE)
1TB (software RAID 5 - SATA I 3x500GB with 1 Rosewill Silicon Image PCI 4-SATA ports)
Nvidia vga card 64MB

When I copy multiple files to my RAID5, it will eventually stall up the whole system. I then have to do a hard reboot. I also notice that my memory gets used up and it ends up using swap memory.

What could be the problem? SATA control card?

Micro420 · 03-07-2007, 08:34 PM

After doing some googling, it seems that Software RAID5 is unstable with Debian/Ubuntu. Like others out there, I did a physical check on my drives along with a memory test and everything is fine. Looks like I will need to invest in a RAID5 hardware controller.