On Tue, Oct 20 at 22:24, Frédéric VANNIERE wrote:
You can't use the Intel X25-E because it has a 32 or 64 MB volatile cache that can't be disabled neither flushed by ZFS.
I don't believe the above statement is correct. According to anandtech who asked Intel: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3403&p=10 the DRAM doesn't hold user data. The article claims that data goes through an internal 256KB buffer. Is solaris incapable of issuing a SATA command FLUSH CACHE EXT? -- Eric D. Mudama edmud...@mail.bounceswoosh.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss