Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 11:15:15 -0500
From: Thomas Cherry <jceaser_at_mac.com>
>It seems to be slow (access times)
Used to be. It can now compete with linear cards, and I haven't
implemented half of my ideas to accelerate the thing.
>and you can only use 4 megs unless you pay for the drivers.
Well, actually, it goes and corrupts data.
So yes, it is unreliable. I never told anyone to use it to actually
store data. I haven't sold it yet, haven't released a full version or
whatever.
Actually, I really have to focus on my studies for the moment, so I'm
not ready to fix the current bugs. I might release a beta before the
RC1 so you could check yourself what I mean by "compete with linear
cards".
> * How reliable is it?
There are three known bugs that prevents me to release it completely:
* lost compatibility with a lot of cards
* MBR reading that fails (causes some problems even if the software
doesn't use MBR partitionmap format)
* -10547 after some intensive use (basically, some data gets
corrupted somewhere)
It's your (and my) data. So until all these things are fixed and I
think I fixed all the bugs, I won't release any full version or tell
anyone to use it for storage.
>What gets me is the cost of the drivers, about 50 USD
>if I did the conversion right from EU to $. I hope I am wrong on that.
It's 43,89 USD this morning. If you find it too expensive, just get
some linear cards.
But you might want to consider how expensive ATA drivers are *alone*
and think that ATA Support includes a transactionnal persistent
object store which is 5 times the amount of work the driver required.
Paul
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