Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 03:45:02 +0800 (CST) From: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com> To: adrian@ubergeeks.com, blk@skynet.be Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vinum performance testing... Message-ID: <199909151945.DAA17891@netrinsics.com> In-Reply-To: <v0420551eb4057ffd4cfe@[195.238.1.121]>
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Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> writes: >At 12:29 PM -0400 1999/9/15, Adrian Filipi-Martin wrote: >> Nice. I can use these graphs when making arguments about whether >> to buy DPT's or other hardware. > > Keep in mind that these tests were done with old DPT hardware, >not their most current stuff. Also, keep in mind that vinum does very little in the way of sanity checking. It's very happy to trash your data if you tell it to do something even a little bit unusual. After getting seriously burned (fortunately, during initial system configuration), I've sworn off vinum for any sort of critical production use. Raw performance is only one factor in the equation. -Michael Robinson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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