Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> Its worth checking - isn't it ?
>
> I appeciate that you may have performed such tests previously - but as
> hardware and software evolve its often worth repeating such tests (goes
> away to do the suggested one tonight).
>
> Note that I am not trying to argue away the issue about write caching -
> it *has* to increase the risk of database corruption following a power
> failure, however if your backups are regular and reliable this may be a
> risk worth taking to achieve acceptable performance at a low price.
Sure, but how many people are taking that risk and not knowing it!
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