Carlos E. R. wrote:
Yeah, you're right, I know there is a setting to enable it. We check every new drive when they are installed, just in case - we have not seen any IBM/Hitachi/Seagate/WDC drive with write cache enabled in at least 10 years. I don't know if we ever have, but we don't keep the test records for longer than that.
Ok, you mean that hard disks that are specifically made for raid usage, have the write cache disabled? Or that you manually disable it?
No, harddisks generally have write cache disabled because it is a potential problem unless you have a UPS. Like I wrote, we check the setting whenever we install or replace a drive. AFAIR, we had to make a small utility, hdparm did not support it. Maybe it does now, I don't know.
I don't know, I never purchased disks made for raid.
They are not specifically made for raid - WDC used to have a series called "RAID edition", but I think they've stopped that. I don't know if the default settings vary depending on whether they are industry or consumer drives, it's possible. I also see write cache enabled on my laptop, for instance. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (11.4°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made in Switzerland.