<carlosreimer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I would like to know if my supposition is right. > Considering an environment with only one hard disk attached to a server, an > initial loading of the database probably is much faster using an IDE/ATA > interface with write-back on than using an SCSI interface. That´s because of > the SCSI command interface overhead. I *seriously* doubt that. If you see a difference in practice it's likely got more to do with the SCSI drive not lying about write-complete ... regards, tom lane