Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> writes:
> This would be the first time a SCSI disk lies about its write caching.
> There are plenty of low-cost (i.e. IDE) disks out there having a hidden
> write cache, but AFAIK a generic SCSI tool is usable to enable/disable
> the write cache.
A SCSI disk shouldn't lie about write completion in any case; there's no
need to because the interface spec is inherently multi-threaded (unlike
IDE). See past discussions.
regards, tom lane