i've got a 599-2317
http://images.andale.com/f2/111/129/...1AA942F4 .jpg
that keeps timing out, then resetting when under heavy load. it's got 6
18G 10k rpm (Seagate i think) drives in it configured in a stripe and
it's connected to an Adaptec 2940. OS is FreeBSD.

i also have a DEC 7 bay enclosure like:
http://i2.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/3e/dd/78_1.JPG
but mine has 2 power supplies and 6 drives. the drives are identical in
model to the ones in the Sun enclosure. i tried connecting this one in
place of the Sun one and it works like a champ.

it seems to be heat related because after it hangs it will continue
to hang every 10 seconds or so while data is still being dumped to or
read from. if the process generating the IO is stopped for a while then
restarted it will run for about 10 minutes before starting the cycle
over again.

has anyone else experienced any issues with this enclosure or have
any ideas how to solve/get around the problem?

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