I add few sentences how to write cache works on Solaris platform.
Zdenek
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write caching. On <productname>FreeBSD</> use
<application>atacontrol</>. (For SCSI disks use <ulink
url="http://sg.torque.net/sg/sdparm.html";><application>sdparm</></ulink>
! to turn off <literal>WCE</>.) On <productname>Windows</> write caching is
disabled by unchecking <literal>My Computer\Open\{select disk
drive}\Properties\Hardware\Properties\Policies\Enable write caching on
the disk</>.
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write caching. On <productname>FreeBSD</> use
<application>atacontrol</>. (For SCSI disks use <ulink
url="http://sg.torque.net/sg/sdparm.html";><application>sdparm</></ulink>
! to turn off <literal>WCE</>.) On <productname>Solaris</> with UFS write cache
! is disabled by default. Use <command>format -e</> to control it. ZFS works correctly
! with enabled write cache. On <productname>Windows</> write caching is
disabled by unchecking <literal>My Computer\Open\{select disk
drive}\Properties\Hardware\Properties\Policies\Enable write caching on
the disk</>.
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