Messages in this thread | | | From | Bob Taylor <> | Subject | Re: disk head scheduling | Date | Fri, 19 Mar 1999 13:29:16 -0800 |
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In message <Pine.LNX.4.05.9903191812120.1077-100000@cyril.iaeste.dk>, Henrik Ol sen writes:
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> Since all modern harddiscs lie faster than a politician in an election > year when asked about their geometry, the very idea of knowing enough > about the track boundaries to switch sort direction within each track is > absurd.
What I would like to see is a valid test of the difference between what is there now and no structured reads/writes. The test should simulate a normal usage of the disk, that is, if you can determine it. My gut feeling is that a lot of code is being wasted here for little or no return.
Bob
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