>> QUANTUM FIREPALLP LM20.5 is a widely used ATA IDE drive. >> >> Where do find information does it implement write caching properly or not >> ? > > I don't think the manufacturers bother to make this sort of information > available. > >> Is there IDE drive compatibility list for Postgres ? > > No - for the reason above (amongst oghers). Richard, thank you. Classification of IDE drives into good and bad ones requires knowing *at least one* good and bad model. Can you write one good and bad IDE drive models, please? Knowing those models before buying is huge step forward for perventing database corruption in desktop computers. Andrus. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
