Re: Disk I/O changes

From: Database Storage Solutions <76043.1656_at_CompuServe.COM>
Date: 1995/11/24
Message-ID: <4939vh$3ds$3_at_mhafn.production.compuserve.com>#1/1


"Write Back" caching is employed (aka fast-Write) to improve RAID 5
performance. A write complete is sent back to the application and the data is held in a battery-backed non-volatile RAM for destaging to disk. Occassionally, vendors will use "write gathering" and
"parity caching" to further improve cache algorithms. Some high
end RAID systems come with mirrored write back cache in dual controller configs. Hope this info helps.
Robert _at_ MTI

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