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On 04/09/2010 02:24 PM, Relson, David wrote: |
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> We're presently running with 3 partitions: |
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> /dev/hda1 - /boot FAT16,ro - syslinux boot partition |
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> /dev/hda2 - / EXT2,fo - linux system and application program |
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> /dev/hda3 - /var EXT2,rw,sync - data partition |
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> The program is calling sync() after every call to close(). This is |
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> slow, but the number of open,write,close,sync cycles is 4 per minute, so |
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> the slowness is livable. Probably this redundant "belt and suspenders" |
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> approach can be optimized to rw,async and sync(). An alternate idea is |
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> to use FAT16 for the data partition (which would work fine because the |
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> program has been ported from DOS and uses 8.3 filenames). |
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> Regards, |
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I'm not sure what kind of lifetime you expect from your device, but if |
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you want to maximize it, you should have the RW partition on a separate |
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physical media. Partitions don't really mean anything to the hardware |
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wear leveling. |
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If your data media breaks or wears out you just swap it for a new one. |
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Karl |
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