> I also found that my write cache was set to WriteThrough instead of > WriteBack, defeating the purpose of having a BBU and that my secondary > server apparently doesn't have a BBU on it. :-( Note also that several RAID controllers will periodically drop the write-back mode during battery capacity tests. If you care about consistently/deterministically having full performance (with white-backed battery protected caching), you probably want to confirm your controller behavior here. (I've seen this on at least LSI based controllers in Dell 2950:s, and also on some 3wares.) -- / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@xxxxxxxxx E-Mail: peter.schuller@xxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.scode.org
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