On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 02:50:44PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > > > http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q._Which_settings_does_my_RAID_controller_need_.3F > > > > As a side question to this: if I am using Linux's md software RAID with an > > HBA, and XFS is using write barriers (as I believe it does by default), is > > it still necessary to disable write caching on the drives? > > No. The MD layers pass the correct flushes to the drives now. Thank you: that's very clear and very helpful. Regards, Brian. _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
