diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6595d25..1cc89af 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -45,10 +45,20 @@ module.exports = function (sails) {
       // Default model/adapter definitions to automatically attach
       // to `sails.hooks.orm.adapters` and/or `sails.hooks.orm.models`.
       orm: {
+
+        // By default, relevant warnings are shown when NODE_ENV is "production".
+        skipProductionWarnings: false,
+
+        //================================================================
+        // Experimental
+        // (may change at any time!)
+        //================================================================
         moduleDefinitions: {
           models: {},
           adapters: {},
         }
+        //================================================================
+
       },
 
 
diff --git a/lib/initialize.js b/lib/initialize.js
index c78279f..977921f 100644
--- a/lib/initialize.js
+++ b/lib/initialize.js
@@ -208,6 +208,55 @@ module.exports = function initialize(hook, sails, done){
     }],
 
 
+
+    //  ╔═╗╦═╗╔═╗╔╦╗╦ ╦╔═╗╔╦╗╦╔═╗╔╗╔  ╔═╗╦ ╦╔═╗╔═╗╦╔═
+    //  ╠═╝╠╦╝║ ║ ║║║ ║║   ║ ║║ ║║║║  ║  ╠═╣║╣ ║  ╠╩╗
+    //  ╩  ╩╚═╚═╝═╩╝╚═╝╚═╝ ╩ ╩╚═╝╝╚╝  ╚═╝╩ ╩╚═╝╚═╝╩ ╩
+    //  ┌─  ┬ ┬┌─┐┬─┐┌┐┌┬┌┐┌┌─┐┌─┐   ─┐
+    //  │───│││├─┤├┬┘││││││││ ┬└─┐ ───│
+    //  └─  └┴┘┴ ┴┴└─┘└┘┴┘└┘└─┘└─┘   ─┘
+    //
+    // If NODE_ENV is "production", check if any models are using
+    // a datastore running on `sails-disk`.  If so, show a warning.
+    _productionCheck: ['_normalizeModelDefs', function (next) {
+
+      // We use `process.env.NODE_ENV` instead of `sails.config.environment`
+      // to allow for the environment to be set to e.g. "staging" while the
+      // NODE_ENV is set to "production".
+      if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
+        // > **Remember:**
+        // > In a production environment, regardless of your logical `environment`
+        // > config, the NODE_ENV environment variable should be set.  Setting
+        // > `sails.config.environment` to production does this automatically.
+
+        // e.g. ['localDiskDb', 'foobar']
+        var datastoresUsingSailsDisk = _.reduce(sails.config.connections, function(memo, datastoreConf, identity){
+          if (datastoreConf.adapter === 'sails-disk') {
+            memo.push(identity);
+          }
+          return memo;
+        }, []);
+
+        // e.g. ['user', 'product']
+        var modelsUsingSailsDisk = _.reduce(hook.models, function(memo, normalizedModelDef, identity){
+          if (_.contains(datastoresUsingSailsDisk, normalizedModelDef.connection)) {
+            memo.push(identity);
+          }
+          return memo;
+        }, []);
+
+        if (modelsUsingSailsDisk.length > 0) {
+          sails.log.warn('The default `sails-disk` adapter is not designed for use as a production database;');
+          sails.log.warn('(it stores the entire contents of your database in memory)');
+          sails.log.warn('Instead, please use another adapter; e.g. sails-postgresql or sails-mongo.');
+          sails.log.warn('For more info, see: http://sailsjs.org/documentation/concepts/deployment');
+          sails.log.warn('To hide this warning message, enable `sails.config.orm.skipProductionWarnings`.');
+        }
+      }
+
+      return next();
+    }],
+
     // Before continuing any further to actually start up the ORM,
     // check the migrate settings for each model to prompt the user
     // to make a decision if no migrate configuration is present.
@@ -215,7 +264,7 @@ module.exports = function initialize(hook, sails, done){
     // Note that, if this is a production environment, the `migrate`
     // setting has already been forced to "safe" when the model
     // definitions were validated/normalized.
-    _doubleCheckMigration: ['_normalizeModelDefs', function (next) {
+    _doubleCheckMigration: ['_productionCheck', function (next) {
 
       // If there are no models, we're good.
       if (_.keys(hook.models).length === 0) {