Re: Shutdown - 25 Years Later

On 22/04/2025 09:35, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-04-21 02:29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On 21 Apr 2025 08:24:22 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
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It sounds like they're talking about the cache in the drive itself,
making sure data is physically written out before power-off.

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Unfortunately, you could be right.
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I say “unfortunately“, because I think it’s a dumb idea for drives to have
their own cache.

 Not at all. There is a huge speed improvement.
 

The key is to have a large enough capacitor in the drive to flush all those caches on power off.
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