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Date:      Sun, 13 Sep 1998 21:12:18 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        tom@uniserve.com (Tom), gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG, irc@cooltime.simplenet.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Download of FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP 
Message-ID:  <199809140412.VAA00438@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 13 Sep 1998 23:43:39 -0000." <199809132343.QAA23937@usr04.primenet.com> 

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>> > Over fast local links, the speed of your disk often affects the speed
>> > of the install more than network issues.
>> 
>>   If 200 KB/s is too much for your disks, it is time to join the late
>> '80s and get new disks.
>
>Note that even some brand new disks will bottleneck you.
>
>FreeBSD no longer does elevator sorts on data pending output,
>relying instead on the disk hardware to be smarter about this,
>especially given the likelihood that the drive is lying about
>its pysical geometry, making it unlikely that any sort you
>could do would result in an optimization.

   Not true. All of the "dumb" drivers (wd, fd, etc) call a generic disk block
elevator sorting function.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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