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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:57:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Marc Tardif <intmktg@CAM.ORG>
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Marc Tardif wrote:

> What is the quickest way of writing large amounts of data to disk?

Sequentially. Disks run an order of magnitude faster if they have
sequential data. Don't get too fancy with the ordering since the disk
driver will just reorder it for you.

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org



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