>>>> Here is some info on zflashpoint: >>>> >>>> http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5163549 >>>> >>>> It is supposed to be an SSD performance "accelerator". >>>> >>>> "Gen1 SSDs suffer with small file writes and I read that 90% of >>>> Windows writes are small, so that introduces overall system lag. >>>> zflashpoint uses a 32MB buffer for small file writes, combining them >>>> and dumping them as one big write." >>>> >>>> Has anyone heard of development of a similar project for Linux? >>> >>> Sounds like a disk cache to me... maybe i'm missing something. >> >> Maybe it's just making up for the too-small disc cache on the >> stuttering SSDs? The 64MB cache on the non-stuttering ones is >> supposed to have something to do with it. Can this sort of a >> "software disk cache" be set up on Linux? > > I always just assumed Linux used a cache with SSD just like it does > with everything else but I have no experience or evidence to prove > that. I know windows doesn't cache writes to USB flash drives, maybe > it doesn't cache SSD either.
Alright, but my girlfriend's Gentoo SSD netbook has fairly bad stuttering problems. - Grant
