| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl> |
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| To: | "Randolf Richardson, DevNet SysOp 29" <rr(at)8x(dot)ca> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: SCSI vs. IDE performance test |
| Date: | 2003-11-24 18:53:15 |
| Message-ID: | 20031124185315.GG23942@dcc.uchile.cl |
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:29:21PM +0000, Randolf Richardson, DevNet SysOp 29 wrote:
> Actually, NetWare is one OS that does this, and has been doing so
> since the 1980s with version 2 (version 6.5 is the current version today).
> They have a Patented caching algorithm called "Elevator Seeking" which both
> prolongs the life of the drive by reducing wear-and-tear and improving
> read/write performance by minimizing seek operations.
Huh, is this different from your ordinary elevator algorithm? I'd be
surprised if there was an OS which didn't use something like that ...
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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"La verdad no siempre es bonita, pero el hambre de ella sí"
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