Andrus wrote: > >> 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. The bottom line is that IDE are desktop drives, not designed for high concurrency. Read this for details: http://www.seagate.com/content/docs/pdf/whitepaper/D2c_More_than_Interface_ATA_vs_SCSI_042003.pdf -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
