Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:32:42 -0300 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: page_launder() on 2.4.9/10 issue |
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On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Daniel Phillips wrote: > On September 6, 2001 01:52 pm, Rik van Riel wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Jan Harkes wrote: > > > > > To get back on the thread I jumped into, I totally agree with Linus > > > that writeout should be as soon as possible. > > > > Nice way to destroy read performance. > > Blindly delaying all the writes in the name of better read performance > isn't the right idea either. Perhaps we should have a good think > about some sensible mechanism for balancing reads against writes.
Absolutely, delaying writes for too long is just as bad, we need something in-between.
> > Lets face it, spinning the washing machine is expensive > > and running less than a full load makes things inefficient ;) > > That makes a good sound bite but doesn't stand up to scrutiny. > It's not a washing machine ;-)
Two words: "IO clustering".
regards,
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