Messages in this thread | | | From | Rob Landley <> | Subject | Re: document ext3 requirements | Date | Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:59:02 -0600 |
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On Monday 05 January 2009 05:43:29 Alan Cox wrote: > > Huh? I've never heard an assertion that disabling the write cache (I > > assume you mean using write-through caching as opposed to write-back > > caching), shortens the lifespan of disk drives. Aggressive battery > > Thats what I was told by a disk vendor - simply because the drive makes a > lot more mechanical movements and writes.
It certainly sounds like less write cacheing would shorten the lifespan of flash devices...
Rob
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