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>From: Steve Richter [mailto:srichter@autocoder.com] >And maybe the refered to cache memory is the memory in the disk controllers ? I would assume so. The battery protects the write cache on the drive controllers on an iSeries just like it does on a PC. If main power goes down the drive controller hangs onto its write cache until power is restored and the controller can push that data onto the drive. Anyone who has write caching turned on w/o battery backup cache is asking for problems. The operating system thinks the data has been written to disk, but in reality it hasn't. >Shirley the battery does... "And stop calling me Shirley!" -- name the movie -Walden ------------ Walden H Leverich III President Tech Software (516) 627-3800 x11 (208) 692-3308 eFax WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com http://www.TechSoftInc.com Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur. (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
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