On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Matt Archer
With two disks, if the files are on different disks, then the two I/O operations can be executed in parallel
That "IF" is a pretty big IF. There is really no way to plan this ahead of time to have files spread around optimally. Further, improvement in speed attributable to subdivision of storage among multiple spindles is easily out performed by just adding memory and allowing the operating system's caching technology handle the work. In fact the only time this fails to be faster is on really huge files, or where you have to read EVERY file, and even then, unless you can arrange EVERY OTHER file read/write to be on a different spindle you are deluding yourself if you think its really faster. -- ----------JSA--------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org