> The driver's reliability is bimodal. On a machine/disk combo on which
> it works, it is nearly 100% reliable. On a machine/disk combo on which
> it does not work, it will fail to work for more than a few seconds to
> few minutes. You will not operate the thing for several weeks only to
> have a failure -- you'll know very fast if you have trouble.

You will certainly know after the first full day of uptime, because if
random short-term problems don't kill it, the 2:00 AM /etc/daily run
will.

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