From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 17:30:24 -0600 Subject: [TUHS] /dev/drum In-Reply-To: References: <8225C5DB-27BD-464E-930A-522C30C20EBD@tfeb.org> <25A1FED0-4F8B-408F-B27B-5728C649D8BE@collantes.us> <7wfu3nuqeb.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <3A18DFEC-42B7-4234-9DD1-367733270D50@tfeb.org> <0abe01d3db28$b6573660$2305a320$@ronnatalie.com> Message-ID: <866bbea1-3a26-20a4-e233-1b8dc0ea2683@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> On 04/23/2018 04:15 PM, Warner Losh wrote: > It's weird. These days lower LBAs perform better on spinning drives. > We're seeing about 1.5x better performance on the first 30% of a drive > than on the last 30%, at least for read speeds for video streaming.... I think manufacturers have switched things around on us. I'm used to higher LBA numbers being on the outside of the disk. But I've seen anecdotal indicators that the opposite is now true. -- Grant. . . . unix || die -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 3982 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: