Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:38:05 +0000 From: Adrian Wontroba <aw1@stade.co.uk> To: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: immense delayed write to file system (ZFS and UFS2), performance issues Message-ID: <20100127023805.GB13665@swelter.hanley.stade.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100127004905.GF9206@plebeian.afflictions.org> References: <cf9b1ee01001261645jdd80be0kaea905508cf5bd49@mail.gmail.com> <20100127004905.GF9206@plebeian.afflictions.org>
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On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 07:49:05PM -0500, Damian Gerow wrote: > Specific cases aside, writing to the FS is a workaround to a rather > inconvenient issue. I, too, would like to see if the problem is fixed, not > avoided, by using wdidle -- but I suspect I'll have to contact WD myself to > get that confirmation. A convenient workaround indeed. Much easier than running DOS (I assume) firmware twidding programs or firmware updates. As for wdidle - see the tail end of http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=32179. Sufficient customer complaints might produce a real firmware fix. One thing I'm sure of - the next time I buy a set of disks for my home fileserver, I'll spend some time on research rather than rushing to join the queue (8-( -- Adrian Wontroba I'd rather just believe that it's done by little elves running around.
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