Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:54:02 -0800 (PST) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: fsync on large files |
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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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