diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml index 5f6a6eb2e18d1048f1fc44c38e5fbce498b2331a..9e9489da156c42948b0e50bbf1498dc85064fd42 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml,v 1.62 2010/02/20 18:28:37 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml,v 1.63 2010/02/27 01:39:46 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="wal"> <title>Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log</title> @@ -59,8 +59,11 @@ same concerns about data loss exist for write-back drive caches as exist for disk controller caches. Consumer-grade IDE and SATA drives are particularly likely to have write-back caches that will not survive a - power failure. Many solid-state drives also have volatile write-back - caches. To check write caching on <productname>Linux</> use + power failure, though <acronym>ATAPI-6</> introduced a drive cache + flush command that some file systems use, e.g. <acronym>ZFS</>. + Many solid-state drives also have volatile write-back + caches, and many do not honor cache flush commands by default. + To check write caching on <productname>Linux</> use <command>hdparm -I</>; it is enabled if there is a <literal>*</> next to <literal>Write cache</>; <command>hdparm -W</> to turn off write caching. On <productname>FreeBSD</> use