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

[Garrett D'Amore]

Not just firmware but level if test, overprovisioning to cope with errors etc. 

Don't be cheap. Trust me. You will regret it. 

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On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:29 PM, steve at linuxsuite.org wrote:

>> 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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