On Dec 23, 2004, at 4:27 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>
>> IDE disks lie about write completion (This can be disabled on some
>> drives) whereas SCSI drives wait for the data to actually be written
>> before they report success. It is quite
>> easy to corrupt a PG (Or most any db really) on an IDE drive. Check
>> the archives for more info.
>
> Do we have any real info on this? Specifically which drives? Is SATA
> the same way? What about SATA-II?
> I am not saying it isn't true (I know it is) but this is a blanket
> statement that may or may not be
> true with newer tech.
Scott Marlowe did some tests a while ago on it. They are likely in the
archives.
Maybe we can get him to pipe up :)
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