On 09/16/10 09:18 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
From: Richard Elling [mailto:rich...@nexenta.com]
Suppose you want to ensure at least 99% efficiency of the drive. At
most 1%
time wasted by seeking.
This is practically impossible on a HDD. If you need this, use SSD.
Lately, Richard, you're saying some of the craziest illogical things I've
ever heard, about fragmentation and/or raid.
It is absolutely not difficult to avoid fragmentation on a spindle drive, at
the level I described. Just keep plenty of empty space in your drive, and
you won't have a fragmentation problem. (Except as required by COW.) How
on earth do you conclude this is "practically impossible?"
Drives seek, there isn't a lot you can do to stop that.
--
Ian.
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