On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 05:21:41 +1030, Shane Ambler <pgsql@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The difference between SCSI and IDE/SATA in this case is a lot if not > all IDE/SATA drives tell you that the cache is disabled when you ask it > to but they either don't actually disable it or they don't retain the > setting so you get caught later. SCSI disks can be trusted when you set > this option. I have some Western Digital Caviars and they don't lie about disabling write caching.
