Re: write to disk in cooked files

In article <6mflr7$p4q$1@news.xmission.com>, guest <guest@bomus1.appl.ge.com> writes > >Hi , > When we are using cooked files , when a write is issued by informix to the > OS "UNIX" it returns a write successful . Now my question is where exactly is > the write performed i.e to the buffer or to the disk ? Buffer > If it is performed to the buffer what would happen if the data got > corrupted or erased before writing to the disk ? Then you get a corrupt database which cannot be recovered using the transaction log since that also may not have been written to the disk. > Does informix keep track of disk writes done by "UNIX" ? > No. >regards, >vikas . -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care