Re: Why database is corrupted after re-booting

Andrus wrote:
> >> QUANTUM FIREPALLP LM20.5 is a widely used ATA IDE drive.
> >>
> >> Where do find information does it implement write caching properly or not
> >> ?
> >
> > I don't think the manufacturers bother to make this sort of information
> > available.
> >
> >> Is there IDE drive compatibility list for Postgres ?
> >
> > No - for the reason above (amongst oghers).
>
> Richard, thank you.
> Classification of IDE drives into good and bad ones requires knowing *at
> least one* good and bad model.
>
> Can you write one good and bad IDE drive models, please?
>
> Knowing those models before buying is huge step forward for perventing
> database corruption in desktop computers.

The bottom line is that IDE are desktop drives, not designed for high
concurrency. Read this for details:

http://www.seagate.com/content/docs/pdf/whitepaper/D2c_More_than_Interface_ATA_vs_SCSI_042003.pdf

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