Quote Originally Posted by Ao1 View Post
Can't say I'm too happy about how those comments were inserted. I'm not bothered by what was written, but I am bothered if people think I wrote them
sorry... is just a force of habit due to the ease of which it can be done on my end. If you noticed the post above it was worded better as to not mesh so easily into the original post and was obviously a response to each section of the original post. I'll break it down into individual quotes next time so there's no confusion or animosity caused. Will also revist that post of concern to clarify for anyone else reading it in the future.

As for the other questions about my source of info or credibilty on the subject of Sandforce?.. well.. not sure Tony will admit to it or not(he's English you know.. lol) but I do know that all my testing and feedback on the original Sandforce controller(not to mention the new one) has helped to form the basis of overall understanding for these controllers in general on that forum as well as around the web due to the trickle down effect. IMO, that advanced understanding is what earned me the opportunity to beta-test these new SF2281 6G controllers.

Many of the advanced users and one's who lower gaurds and test theories/advice are happy with the info and tweaks that I helped uncover about these drives and most was done simply because of the shroud of secrecy that Sandforce perpetuated(I know/was told they were watching along the way as things were put into the public domain). Tony helped as much as NDA and his personal testing would allow but I seriously pushed hard to get more info(rallied other users into my cause) and testing from my end with posted/quantifiable results was the ONLY way that I could get to the end result. Which ultimately was only the need to understand them to better work around their inherent weaknesses and better implement them into my vid/gfx workstation usage.

Again with the not trying to toot my own horn here.. but many of my "extreme views" have been inplemented into the stickies and are now used as common "extreme usage" protocol to squeek that last bit of performance/stamina out of these controllers. So while I can't take the complete credit for "heavy user implemented OP/unallocated space, logged off idle recovery, and SE/reimages to recover immediate fresh speed"?.. I certainly pushed the envelope and lead the way with MANY TB's worth of test data and result responses over on that forum. Mine aren't generally the little 2 sentence chats either. I speak in great detail and give several iterations to get my points/results/test methodology across. Had to constantly break my posts due to the 5000 word v-bulletin forum limits. lol

So,.. if you guys don't mind me breaking it down and cluttering this thread a bit more than usual?.. I can feed info for those who have actual interest for the facts about these controllers. Most will be more of "what they do" moreso than "why they do" but the end results will be the same. If you want to tear at me and diminish my knowledge to fit into your nice little "this is my Sandforce understanding" bubble?.. I don't have that kind of time and won't be drawn into debates when the guards are up and the mind is closed. Keep the questions broken down and in simpler terms and I'll try my best to tell you what I know so far. If I don't know?.. I'll tell you my opinion or speculate based on others feedback(some of Tony's as well).