[OmniOS-discuss] How bad are these controller / io errors??

[steve at linuxsuite.org]

> Can't agree more here. Desktop firmwares are designed to try harder to
> never return an error.  While this is what home users want, it's an
> anathema to large configurations with redundancy where you would prefer to
> just get the error so you can handle it - usually by doing the op on
> another drive.
>

       So the big difference is  mostly firmware ?? Can you flash a new
firmware???

     Why do I think we are being ripped off??

       -steve

> Use enterprise drives if you love your data and your ability to access it.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 19, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Eric Sproul <esproul at omniti.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:35 PM,  <steve at linuxsuite.org> wrote:
>>>     4T SATA  here
>>>
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178338
>>>
>>>          are $179
>>
>> That's a desktop drive, not nearline enterprise, so it's
>> apples-oranges.  You get what you pay for.  Desktop drives can take
>> much, much longer to respond to commands, leading the HBA/expander to
>> declare them dead and reset them, and the rest is history.
>>
>> Avoid desktop parts.  :)
>>
>> Eric
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