On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:42:02 +0100, Matthias Meixner
<meixner@dvs1.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de> wrote:
>Using a slow disk (5400rpm) I measured about 3-5 ms for a commit. But
>average rotational delay is already higher for that disk (5.5ms).
>So the question is: has anybody verified, that the log is written to disk
>before returning from commit?
Some (or all?) IDE disks are known to lie: they report success as
soon as the data have reached the drive's RAM.
Servus
Manfred