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4 Select Advanced.
Figure 51 Controller Properties Dialog Box: Advanced
In the Advanced tab, you have the following options:
Conservative cache mode when ...Turns on conservative cache if a controller failover condition exists, power supply
fails, and other failed redundant parts, thus providing an extra degree of data safety
Conservative cache mode is an operating mode in which logical devices, or system
drives, configured with the write-back write caching policy are treated as though
they were configured for write-through operation and the cache is flushed. When
the condition causing conservative cache is resolved, the system drives are
converted back to their original settings. Conditions that cause conservative cache
to turn on are: