(This problem seems to have been finally resolved by the Aug 2017 quality & security update.)
This post is FYI for the world. If anybody has anything to add, feel free.
I have two Windows 8.1 computers that over the past few months, I noticed to be
having pauses of about 30 seconds or so, with...
I am using FreeBSD 9.1 with a 3ware 9650se and ZFS (raidz2). Latest firmware on the 9650, and latest drivers on FreeBSD.
It has three types of StorSave performance profiles, Protect, Balance, and Performance.
First, when I have drives on the built-in AHCI ports, the drive lights will...