On Sunday 21 November 2004 05:00 pm, Monty J. Harder wrote:
This is one of two reasons I recommend disabling any hardware compression, and using software compression instead.
jhutchins:
Note that Dustin's account has nothing to do with hardware compression - which
mharder:
Then what "'funky' algorithm" could he be talking about? I'm not aware of an 'algorithm" for accessing SCSI devices. Sure, you need a driver that knows how to talk to the host adapter, but
RAID. His problem was an oddball RAID card that he couldn't duplicate.
"Inexpensive" RAID cards from fly-by-night hardware companies are the source of a lot of very bad experiences doccumented on the 'net.
Buying a spare when you buy the original is not a bad idea.
Buying from a supplier who controlls their manufacturing chain and guarantees backup/support is even better.
Keeping track of whether your hardware supplier is still in business and still supporting your card, and NOT KEEPING THE HARDWARE BEYOND IT'S SUPPORT CYCLE is, like, duh.
RAID is a great idea.
It can be implemented VERY BADLY.