I believe this is the problem.

We found the setting when looking at the Device Manager. The 'enable write caching' is turned off. It won't allow us to turn it on. I am guess the hardware doesn't allow it.

In the Windows Help it mentions that turning it on can cause issues with corruption.

Are these the same issues as we have if we turn 'forced writes off' in Firebird?

I am thinking the risk of 'forced writes off' in Firebird is greater than turning write caching on in Windows.

Todd

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "todderamaa" <todderamaa@...> wrote:
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> It is a Dell Server (Power Edge T110).
>
> How can I tell if the hardware that controls the HD has cache?
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> Todd
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> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Fabiano" <fabianoaspro@> wrote:
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> > I have a guess!
> >
> > What is the database Server? Is a truly *Dell* server? (Like Dell PowerEdge
> > T410)
> >
> > If yes, make sure the hardware that control the HD HAS cache!
> >
> >
> >
> > If it doesn´t have the problem is it!
> >
> > To solve that replace the disk controller or use another server…
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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