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From: ravi@aspen.IAG.HP.COM (TM Ravi)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Atomicity question
Message-ID: <20700001@aspen.IAG.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Feb 91 16:51:37 GMT
Organization: HP Information Architecture Group - Cupertino, CA
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I am curious as to what is the level of atomicity guaranteed
by SCSI devices (or typical SCSI devices)? Is this different from
the level of atomicity provided by other interfaces ?

What is the level of atomicity that applications (databases etc.)
rely upon ?

ravi
ravi@iag.hp.com