Re: [CentOS] write-back cache question

> You can verify your cache policy with MegaCLI tool. Check your output > from `MegaCli -CfgDsply -a0' command. > What a cool tool. It looks like it should be active according to MegaCli, though strange that Scott sees his drives in write-back mode via CentOS and I do not and I also have these h

Re: [CentOS] write-back cache question

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:31 PM, James Chase wrote: > Can anyone with write-back cache working just confirm that they see some > sort of indication of write-back in dmesg? I thought this thing is really masked from the OS and handled by the raid controller BIOS completely?? __

Re: [CentOS] write-back cache question

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 08:31:05AM -0500, James Chase wrote: > Can anyone with write-back cache working just confirm that they see some > sort of indication of write-back in dmesg? > > As I mentioned I talked with Dell and they claim it is working, however > I spoke with VMWare and they said if

Re: [CentOS] write-back cache question

on 2/16/2011 5:31 AM James Chase spake the following: > Can anyone with write-back cache working just confirm that they see some > sort of indication of write-back in dmesg? > SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back, no read (daft) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back, no read (daft) SCSI de

Re: [CentOS] write-back cache question

Can anyone with write-back cache working just confirm that they see some sort of indication of write-back in dmesg? As I mentioned I talked with Dell and they claim it is working, however I spoke with VMWare and they said if it isn't indicated in dmesg, then it isn't working. It would just be g

[CentOS] write-back cache question

I have a perc5i (and perc5e) raid controller in my poweredge 2970 running centos 5.5. The RAID controller config is set for write-back policy, which I can confirm by checking in OpenManage. I also called Dell and ran their reporting application and had them double check to make sure everything