David Van Couvering wrote:
Dumb sysadmin question: on Solaris, XP, and Linux, how do you find out
if your system is syncing to disk or not?
For Linux: Use hdparm -W0 on all your drives to turn write cache off.
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_hdparm_to_improve_IDE_device_performance#Write-Caching_-W
For Windows (2k) I'd expect something similar for XP.
go to My Computer -> Right click on Manage --> In computer management
--> Device Manager --> Pick Disk Drives ---> Right click on the Disk, go
to Properties --> Pick the disk properties tab and you should see a
checkbox with writecache enabled.
I dont know about Solaris.
HTH,
Sunitha.
