25 Nov
2007
25 Nov
'07
08:20
Rajko M. wrote:
On Saturday 24 November 2007 10:47:27 am Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Your missing my point... downloading several files in parallel off of the same server IS SLOWER because you introduce a TREMENDOUS overhead of bouncing the read/write head all over the place.
Hmm. It seems like experience of someone running OS from the swap. Buying more RAM, can reduce hard disk activity.
So you think the repository is going to keep the ENTIRE database of files in RAM??? If not, then we're back to multi-millisecond delays for each and every seek performed by a disk drive read/write head. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org