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> Subject: RE: [t13] flush I said because flush I meant > From: Harlan Andrews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Educational, thanks. > other means (such as standby immediate) > to force data to the media ... Rumour tells me Win write cache stays dirty thru suspend/ hibernate/ etc. Truth or slander, I do not know (why bother studying what I cannot change). If true, then unplugging storage while suspended is Not safe. > bench mark ... drive waits until buffer is > completely full and then dumps the whole thing > before doing the next operation. This can result > ... Ouch, yuck, yes, ouch. > We try ... requesting ... flush ... more often ... > small hit on the benchmarks, > but actual system performance ... Thank you! Pat LaVarre
