Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 08:12:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: Sung Nae Cho <sucho2@quasar.phys.vt.edu>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1"...... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107240809090.92392-100000@snafu.adept.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010724103842.064dde20@marble.sentex.ca>
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Mike Tancsa wrote: > to take. Yes, writes will be faster with write caching enabled. However, > its that much more risky incase of power loss. <snip> > disabled by default. However, it was turned back on as a default a little > later. Hmm. I hope the response to recent performance tests was /not/ to make a potentially unsafe option 'default'. Sometimes 'faster' isn't better - anyone with a brain knows that, right? Try replacing an overloaded VAX with a nice x86 box and watch it run fast at first, then die smoking under load (humorous story from college days ;)... You get my point. Later, -Mike -- Log analysis mailing list: http://www.adept.org/mailinglists.html#logwatchers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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