[Info-vax] RX2800 sporadic disk I/O slowdowns

[Craig A. Berry]

On 10/19/24 10:51 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 21:52:16 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 
>> The context is one where data loss is not acceptable.
> 
> Data loss is unavoidable. If the power goes out, all computations in
> progress get lost. There’s no way around that.

Yes, there is.  It's called battery-backed cache on a RAID controller,
and when the power goes out, any writes in progress still get written
because the battery supplies power to the cache.