Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:26:22 -0700 (PDT) | From | Martin Knoblauch <> | Subject | Re: Understanding I/O behaviour - next try |
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--- Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca> wrote:
> > I saw a bulletin from HP recently that sugggested disabling the > write-back cache on some Smart Array controllers as a workaround > because > it reduced performance in applications that did large bulk writes. > Presumably they are planning on releasing some updated firmware that > fixes this eventually.. > > -- > Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada > To email, remove "nospam" from hancockr@nospamshaw.ca > Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/ > Robert,
just checked it out. At least with the "6i", you do not want to disable the WBC :-) Performance really goes down the toilet for all cases.
Do you still have a pointer to that bulletin?
Cheers Martin
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