Comments on: The horror of horrors http://trilema.com/2013/the-horror-of-horrors/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:45:07 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Mike the goat http://trilema.com/2013/the-horror-of-horrors/#comment-95816 Mike the goat Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:39:36 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=50407#comment-95816 Funny isn't it how expensive decent RAID hardware is. There is nothing too special about the electronics used but clearly because it is a product intended at the "enterprise" segment they can afford to bump the price up a bit. Like SAS drives... Funny isn't it how expensive decent RAID hardware is. There is nothing too special about the electronics used but clearly because it is a product intended at the "enterprise" segment they can afford to bump the price up a bit. Like SAS drives...

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2013/the-horror-of-horrors/#comment-95810 Mircea Popescu Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:09:34 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=50407#comment-95810 Well this controller wasn't particularly affordable. Well this controller wasn't particularly affordable.

]]> By: Mike the goat http://trilema.com/2013/the-horror-of-horrors/#comment-95804 Mike the goat Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:37:57 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=50407#comment-95804 Interesting. I hate hardware RAID for the principal reason that it is difficult if not impossible to truly know what the controller is doing. I know many think that doing RAID in userland is anathema but I had these kinds of issues on an adaptec controller until I gave up and went over to RAID-Z (zfs). Haven't noticed any appreciable difference in performance and reliability has actually increased. If I could find a RAID controller that was trustworthy and affordable perhaps my opinion would change. Glad you guys are back online. Interesting. I hate hardware RAID for the principal reason that it is difficult if not impossible to truly know what the controller is doing. I know many think that doing RAID in userland is anathema but I had these kinds of issues on an adaptec controller until I gave up and went over to RAID-Z (zfs). Haven't noticed any appreciable difference in performance and reliability has actually increased. If I could find a RAID controller that was trustworthy and affordable perhaps my opinion would change.

Glad you guys are back online.

]]> By: Mike the goat http://trilema.com/2013/the-horror-of-horrors/#comment-95805 Mike the goat Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:37:57 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=50407#comment-95805 Interesting. I hate hardware RAID for the principal reason that it is difficult if not impossible to truly know what the controller is doing. I know many think that doing RAID in userland is anathema but I had these kinds of issues on an adaptec controller until I gave up and went over to RAID-Z (zfs). Haven't noticed any appreciable difference in performance and reliability has actually increased. If I could find a RAID controller that was trustworthy and affordable perhaps my opinion would change. Glad you guys are back online. Interesting. I hate hardware RAID for the principal reason that it is difficult if not impossible to truly know what the controller is doing. I know many think that doing RAID in userland is anathema but I had these kinds of issues on an adaptec controller until I gave up and went over to RAID-Z (zfs). Haven't noticed any appreciable difference in performance and reliability has actually increased. If I could find a RAID controller that was trustworthy and affordable perhaps my opinion would change.

Glad you guys are back online.

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