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On 30/07/2021 15:29, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> Honestly I feel like the whole SMR thing is a missed opportunity, |
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> mainly because manufacturers decided to use it as a way to save a few |
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> bucks instead of as a new technology that can be embraced as long as |
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> you understand its benefits and limitations. One thing I don't get is |
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> why it is showing up on all sorts of smaller drives. |
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It's showing up on desktops because - PROVIDED THE CACHE IS LARGER THAN |
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THE AMOUNT OF DOCUMENTS IS ABLE TO GET THROUGH - it performs just fine. |
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So if you're using a pre-installed OS, and you mostly use your computer |
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to surf the web, watch youtube videos, etc, you're not going to stress |
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said cache. |
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Then Windows decides to download a major update and response times go |
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pear-shaped ... |
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Basically, so long as you don't fill the cache, your typical luser is |
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unlikely to notice. The snag is people like us are much more likely to |
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do things that put the cache under i/o pressure, and it's like a |
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motorway - once the traffic goes above the carrying capacity, throughput |
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COLLAPSES. |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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