promise raid problems

[Lil Joe]

Hi,
Just hoping someone can help me with a weird problem. I have a Promise
Fasttrack TX2 with 2 * 40gb drives in a raid0 config. Yesterday my computer
crashed while I was using it. When I rebooted, the fasttrack bios came up
and the raid array was non functional. One of the drives was still defined
in the array, but the other was not. I had to go in the bios and delete and
then re-define the array. I then got the computer to boot back up into XP.
Everything seemed fine, and i left it alone for a while. When I came back it
was crashed again, and upon rebooting it the same problem with the array
being broken. its since happened a half dozen times, every time I leave the
computer for 1/2 hour or so. The drive seems fine, I have copieda bunch of
data off of it to be safe, but it isnt making noises or anything. Because it
seemed to be crashing when I left my computer for a while I checked the
power settings and its not set to power down the drives. I'm really kind of
stumped on this one. Any suggestions?
thanks

 

[Amy Lewis]

Hi,
Just hoping someone can help me with a weird problem. I have a Promise
Fasttrack TX2 with 2 * 40gb drives in a raid0 config. Yesterday my computer
crashed while I was using it. When I rebooted, the fasttrack bios came up
and the raid array was non functional. One of the drives was still defined
in the array, but the other was not. I had to go in the bios and delete and
then re-define the array. I then got the computer to boot back up into XP.
Everything seemed fine, and i left it alone for a while. When I came back it
was crashed again, and upon rebooting it the same problem with the array
being broken.

Oh man! Another victim of the broken Promise!

My best girlfriend tried that controller a while back, and it's something to
avoid. If you want to do RAID go SCSI and Adaptec.

 

[Lil Joe]

I think it might not be a problem with the raid card. I have been using it
in the same configuration for 1 1/2 years now. I think it might be something
power settings related. the computer seems to not come back up when it
powers down the monitor.

 

[Rita Ä Berkowitz]

Oh man! Another victim of the broken Promise!
When will people ever learn?

My best girlfriend tried that controller a while back, and it's something to
avoid. If you want to do RAID go SCSI and Adaptec.

If you want it working right the first time and have it last, it can only be
SCSI. Some people just like this SATA novelty crap since that is all they
know. They see low price and that is all that they consider. It's when
they start playing with the toy and realize that it's only a toy is when
they wished they spent a few more bucks and went SCSI. You'll see them post
here all the time.



Go SCSI young man, Go SCSI and never look back.





Rita

 

[Lil Joe]

it's just a home setup. I did it for the novelty, and precisely because it
was cheap. now i'm just confused about a problem.

BTW, I do have a scsi system at home as well and I have had 2 drives fail. I
have never had an IDE drive fail on me yet

 

[Rita Ä Berkowitz]

it's just a home setup. I did it for the novelty, and precisely because it
was cheap. now i'm just confused about a problem.

Fortunately, you didn't get to the point were you had important data on it
before it crapped out on you? If your Promise card is relatively new take
it back for a refund. I would suggest getting another of a different
manufacturer. Someone in the group should be able to recommend a good
controller for your application.

BTW, I do have a scsi system at home as well and I have had 2 drives fail. I
have never had an IDE drive fail on me yet

I guess it depends on the drive manufacturer. I would guess that you
probably had some older Western Digitals? Now, if you were using Seagates
it wouldn't even be an issue if one did fail. You would have a 5-year
factory warranty on the drives.

I have had IDE drives fail as well. All drives fail, it's just a matter of
how frequently.



Rita

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

When will people ever learn?



If you want it working right the first time and have it last, it can only be
SCSI. Some people just like this SATA novelty crap since that is all they
know. They see low price and that is all that they consider. It's when
they start playing with the toy and realize that it's only a toy is when
they wished they spent a few more bucks and went SCSI.

You'll see them post here all the time.

Ofcourse you'll see it here.
The broken SCSI crap is reported in comp periph scsi.