Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:18:45 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "FreeBSD Question List" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Softupdates Message-ID: <002201c17724$84043200$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <NDBBIMKICMDGDMNOOCAIOENHDPAA.patrick@mip.co.za> <01112609195201.00903@i8k.babbleon.org> <20011126172050.A63285@luke.immure.com>
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Bob writes: > BTW, the performance on SCSI disks doesn't seem > to be nearly as adversly affected by disabling > write caching (perhaps due to their higher-level > command interface, esp. command tag queuing). I seem to recall that SCSI disk drives and controllers are more likely to have on-board transparent write caching, which would speed them up considerably. On those rare occasions where this is not completely transparent, there can be serious problems. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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