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SoftRAID support has said in other forums that during the certification process the HDDs slow down nearing the end of each pass, producing a massive estimated time increase. Then when the next pass starts the time goes down again. This cycle happens each pass. If that slow down at the end of a pass is a known occurrence, and it's consistent, couldn't you factor that into SoftRAID's time estimation to have a more accurate/realistic estimation, rather than have the massive fluctuations?
Posted : 05/10/2024 2:10 pm
Its not worth it. There are hybrid drives, which do not have a standard way to identify. Plus every drive is different, we would have to test dozens. The time is an estimate, we would rather spend our time on other things, sorry. It would be artificial, and if a drive was misbehaving, we may not catch it for the user. better to keep it simple.
Posted : 05/10/2024 4:15 pm
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It's an estimate. No one's asking for a scientific analysis, just a tweak to the algorithm to account for the fluctuations. That shouldn't be too hard even for someone who doesn't want to spend their time improving the customer experience. I'm not sure customer service and sales would agree, but if you're the gatekeeper, then I guess they'll never hear about it.
Posted : 07/10/2024 6:49 pm
I am not a gatekeeper, but have had multiple discussions with engineering and this is a very low priority at present. Sorry.
Its not as easy as you think. If users have SMS drives, it is not possible, without testing the actual drives. The estimate we give is reasonable, and for references, expect on HDD's (CMS recording), it takes about a day per 2TB. Shingle recording drives are awful in my opinion and can slow dramatically on long writes, so are not suitable for RAID.
Posted : 07/10/2024 6:58 pm
