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On 15/06/2014 09:27, Mick wrote: |
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>> And maybe your disks are tired too :-) . You do have hdparm results from |
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>> > 4 years ago to compare? |
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> I have not install hdparm on this laptop, thinking that I do not really need |
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> it for anything. Anyway, do disks spin slower with age? Even if their |
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> bearings theoretically wear out and eventually slow down, would this be |
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> perceptible? |
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> What readings would I be comparing? hdparm -t and -T? |
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Yes, I'd look at those two. If disk performance was suffering due to |
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age, I'd expect your seek times to suffer and that should show up with -tT |
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Not too sure really how wear and tear translates to real life; overall |
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it's probably just simple bloat you have, to borrow Walter's analogy you |
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started with a sub-compact and now have a ginormous SUV! |
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Alan McKinnon |
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