On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 15:40:11 -0500 "Joshua Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
= > One thing that comes to mind... if one of those files is primarily > closer to the start of the disk than the other, and the drive tapers > down on speed as bad as some... well, that's one variable you can't > easily resolve. Whether that would influence enough to matter, > compared to seeks, is questionable though. > Yes. That has crossed my mind too, but I can't figure out if there's anything I alone can do about it. It would taint the results in a very bad way, because it is impossible to catch by increasing the number of repetitions. If my memory serves well its called "systematic error" in statistics. I'm open to suggestions. P.S. The way to eliminate the influence of this factor is to find many other people to make the test and share the results. -- Best regards, Daniel
