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Date:      Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:24:45 +1000
From:      Danny Carroll <fbsd@dannysplace.net>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PCI-X SATA Card + Server Recommendation
Message-ID:  <4907048D.6080800@dannysplace.net>
In-Reply-To: <20081028121914.GB48941@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <Pine.OSX.4.64.0810260112010.4630@toasty.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com> <20081026125017.GA88016@icarus.home.lan> <4906F123.30908@dannysplace.net> <20081028121914.GB48941@icarus.home.lan>

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Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> This has been discussed recently on -hardware.  I will stand firm on my
> statement: don't disable write caching on disks.

Ok, but what about the write caching on the array controller.  Is it for
writes in JBOD mode or simply when configured as an array?

Just trying to figure out if I should be budgeting for a BBU as well.

-D




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