[Beowulf] GPFS on Linux (x86)

[Cezary Czaplewski]

I had the same issue with Maxtor SATA disks and 3ware 9550SX RAID card but
finally our vendor contacted Maxtor and 3ware and installed a new firmware
for the drives and since than they are working OK.

> After *finally* convincing our vendor it was Maxtor (we've had
> problems w/ them before this as well) they shipped us a batch of
> Seagates, and it's been operational now for quite some time.  No
> sleeping drives, so far set and forget.
>
> This, as a disclaimer, was just for our particular application.  I
> will say however, that I will never buy Maxtor again.