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SubjectRe: fsync on large files
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 kwrohrer@ce.mediaone.net wrote:
> "The" same spot? Wouldn't that be the same *two* spots, presumably with a
> seek involved? *That* would induce a 50 Hz vibration which could be
> nasty. But just writing to one sector 50 times a second should be an
> absolute fiesta of...rotational latency. Doldrum city. Silence and
> stillness, at least from the head mechanism...

I think it has to do with the number of r/w cycles the media can take.

I recall vendors saying the media was good for up to 50 million writes or
something like that but not 200 million.

-Dan


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