"Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:16c3601c44897
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> on "3. Consider disabling write caching on drive
> properties in Control Panel."
>
> This setting is currently enabled but I'm wondering how
> this setting works. This 2TB partition is running from a
> STK D178 Disk subsystem that has its own built in write
> caching.
>
> Is Windows adding its own as well?
>
> Will I suffer a performance hit from disabling this?
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>"Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:16bae01c4480b$f208f550
>>$(E-Mail Removed):
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>>> I'm getting the following errors when running a
> chkdsk /i:
>>>
>>> Deleting corrupt attribute record (160, $I30)
>>> from file record segment 11127918.
>>> Deleting corrupt attribute record (160, $I30)
>>> from file record segment 11588935.
>>> Deleting corrupt attribute record (160, $I30)
>>> from file record segment 12026613.
>>> File verification completed.
>>> Deleting orphan file record segment 65807.
>>> Deleting orphan file record segment 242615.
>>> Deleting orphan file record segment 1090990.
>>> Deleting orphan file record segment 1947449.
>>>
>>> This partition is a 2TB partition with about 100G of
> free
>>> space and contains millions of small image files. We
>>> have had to run chkdsk /f on this server before and it
>>> seems like this partition keeps developing disk
>>> problems. How can I keep this from reoccuring in the
>>> future since it takes from 3 to 8 hours to run the
>>> chkdsk /f.
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>
>>It can be hard to determine what is causing file system
> problems. I
>>would look at doing a few things.
>>
>>1. Update firmware and drivers for SCSI controller.
> Check vendor web
>>site to verify the process and make certain you match
> firmware and
>>drivers if that is required.
>>
>>2. If running AV on the system exclude file types that
> can't contain a
>>virus.
>>
>>3. Consider disabling write caching on drive properties
> in Control
>>Panel.
>>
>>4. Check for delayed write errors in system.evt log.
> These will be event
>>50 or 51.
>>
>>Leonard Severt
>>Microsoft Enterprise Support
>>
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>>rights.
>>.
>>
>
Yes Windows adds it own write caching and that is what you are
disabling. It will make a performance difference but with high end
hardware the difference will be small.
Leonard Severt
Microsoft Enterprise Support
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