On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:45:20 -0600
> From: Larry Rosenman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: pgsql-hackers list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Write cache
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> --On Tuesday, January 27, 2004 22:43:34 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:38:30 -0600
> >> From: Larry Rosenman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], pgsql-hackers list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Subject: Re: Write cache
> >>
> >> IDE or SCSI?
> > SCSI
> >>
> >> Why do you think the WC is screwing you?
> >>
> > Because after a sys crash, the most used filesystems (databases) are
> > screwed
> what VxFS mount options are you using?
Nothing special... And any option I could use would'nt change a thing: the
cache is on the disk itself... I did'nt look physicaly yet but according
to the docs there's no way to disable it lik I always did on IBM...
I was forced to buy those disk (more expensive, not better)
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> >> Which driver(s)?
> >>
> > Guess... ADPU320
> Hrm.
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> >> LER
> >>
> >>
> >> --On Tuesday, January 27, 2004 22:34:46 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >> > Because I've lost a lot of data using postgresql (and I know for sure
> >> > this should'nt happen) I've gone a bit further reading documentations
> >> > on my disks and...
> >> >
> >> > I have FUJITSU MAP3367NC 36G 10000 rpm disks, those disk have a write
> >> > cache of 8Mb, if someone could tell me hox to turn it off... Could'nt
> >> > find it in the docs and this could very well explain why a busy
> >> > database crashes every time
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your help
> >> >
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