Re: Windows disables write-cacheing on boot drive

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Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:03:06 -0400

In news:7F660212-68CC-4F84-A163-E56D45763DEE@microsoft.com,
ckennylin <ckennylin@discussions.microsoft.com> asked for help and I offered
my suggestions below:
> Hi Ace:
>
> I just stumbled onto this thread because of the same problem I found
> on SBS 2003. I'm setting up a test machine, but got frustrated with
> the surprising slow performance because of the write-cache being
> disabled, and having the write-cache settings reset upon each reboot.
> Since SBS consolidates many services on one physical box i.e. file &
> print, email, database, etc., disabling write-caching has more
> adverse impact than just AD.
>
> In situations where you want to keep the environment as simple as
> possible, it's difficult to expect an UPS signal cable to be
> available in the environment, even with an UPS available. Small
> businesses will most likely buy a server either mail-order or from a
> local computer store, and buy the "dumb" UPS available in the store
> because it's cheap and effective. Without manual intervention (i.e.
> enabling write-caching), these environments will suffer from poor
> system performance.
>
> Technically, we can move the boot partition to its own physical disk
> and manage write caching separately, but again, that adds to the
> complexity of the environment, and it is not likely to be found on
> OEM SBS-Preinstalled environments.
>
> Now that the Write-Cache settings is under a "Policies" tab, does it
> imply it is being managed through a GPO? I can't seem to find any
> settings to set this parameter.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ---K
>

Hi K,

As far as I know, it is not a GPO setting. In Win2k there are about 700
settings, in W2k3, there's about 800. I'm not familiar with each and
everyone but can say I'm familiar with their functional grouping. You are
already doing it the best way I can think of by resettig it at boot time.
What I mayy suggest, if you can find the registry entry, you can create a
.reg file to run as a startup file or set that entry in a GPO as a registry
entry.

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