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From: src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: File system performance
Message-ID: <1990Nov05.031547.11369@scuzzy.in-berlin.de>
Date: 5 Nov 90 03:15:47 GMT
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pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
>Note that the gap should be dependent on the *CPU* and ther kernel
>speed, not on the drive (for a given rotational speed). The filesystem
>gap is there to compensate for interrupt and processing time.

sure, but how do i determine a optimal gap for a given system.
since i have three different disk drives varying from real-slow to fast
this should be very interesting! that is, there are between 32 and 51
sectors/track on those and the drives using zone bit recording have
more on the outer tracks. the mkfs man page and the admin guide
tell near to nothing about it.
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