>Hi,
>After a long thread of dicussion, what is the conclusion on flushing data?
>1. Turn Off "Server's" Hard Disk Write Cache?
>2. Use API to flush all updated files?
>Or.. ???
>
>Thank you
Yes, right, the previous thread changed to aspects over what MS should have or should not have done - and over which we have no control right now.
My personal opinion is that if you turn the hard disk write cache off (and religiously use FLUSH after each change) you should be quite safe.
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