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If there is un-written cached data there is a capacitor bank that allows this data to be quickly written to non-volatile flash and rw heads to be retracted in t
by dktoao 4y ago
If there is un-written cached data there is a capacitor bank that allows this data to be quickly written to non-volatile flash and rw heads to be retracted in the event of power loss. They test this feature pretty heavily, esp. in enterprise drives. Source: used to work for an HDD manufacturer. So, they might be lying to you but it is pretty useless information on for modern drives.
- colejohnson66 4y agoBasically, "flushed" means safe. Whether it's written to internal DRAM/SRAM (with power-loss prevention), NV flash, or the actual platter is irrelevant. When in history did the lie start to not matter?