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Re: Two hard drives --- what to do with them?
- From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
- To: Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)Sheeky(dot)Biz>
- Cc: Peter Kovacs <maxottovonstirlitz(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Carlos Moreno <moreno_pg(at)mochima(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
- Subject: Re: Two hard drives --- what to do with them?
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:35:21 -0600
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 05:21:41 +1030, Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)Sheeky(dot)Biz> wrote: > > The difference between SCSI and IDE/SATA in this case is a lot if not > all IDE/SATA drives tell you that the cache is disabled when you ask it > to but they either don't actually disable it or they don't retain the > setting so you get caught later. SCSI disks can be trusted when you set > this option. I have some Western Digital Caviars and they don't lie about disabling write caching.
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