Tag Archives: encoding
Errors and other nastiness on a serial transmission link
In some of my previous post I have outlined the reasons and consequences of errors on a link. There are multiple locations where a bit may flip from...
One rotten apple spoils the bunch – 4
Credit – who doesn’t want to have lots of it at the bank According to Wikipedia the short definition in finance terms is : Credit is the trust which...
One rotten apple spoils the bunch – 3
In the previous 2 blog-posts we looked at some areas why a fibre-channel fabric still might have problems even with all redundancy options available and MPIO checking for...
One rotten apple spoils the bunch – 2
As mentioned in my previous post it only takes a single device to really cause some serious havoc in a storage environment. Now, “Why”, you may ask, do...
One rotten apple spoils the bunch – 1
Last week I had another one. A rotten apple that spoiled the bunch or, in storage terms, a slow drain device causing havoc in a fabric. This time...