Re: config question (external raid, external log?)

[Ragnar Kjørstad <xfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 04:54:44PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Is this caused by the cache on the IDE drives, or the interface conversion
> itself?

The problem can be caused by write-back cache on either the disks or the
RAID-controller.

Both can possible cause this effect, if configured correctly.

> If it's the drives, I believe that Seagate and IBM Ultrastar drives actually
> do honor commands to disable write-cache and other things that the generic
> IDE drives tend to ignore.

Yes, it certainly is possible to configure IDE-SCSI RAIDs properly.


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Ragnar Kjorstad
Big Storage