> But when writing, what is the difference between queuing multiple tagged
> writes, and sending down multiple untagged cached writes that complete
> immediately and actually hit the disk later? Either way the host keeps
> sending writes to the disk until it's buffers are full, and the disk is
> constantly trying to commit those buffers to the media in the most
> optimal order.
Which sounds faster to you:
1) "Do A, B, C, and D."
"Okay, I've finished A, B, C, and B."
or
2) "Do A."
"Okay."
"Do B."
"Okay."
"Do C."
"Okay."
"Do D."
"Okay."
The first looks a bit more efficient to me.
DS
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