From: antlists <antlists@youngman.org.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] SMR drives (WAS: cryptsetup close and device in use when it is not)
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 17:50:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <62afda2f-db50-bc6e-6bc8-47fe73c4e990@youngman.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGfcS_=8sjEe60KEuVsoqEyj5TbK177H0vf2fY3yQp370h+VFw@mail.gmail.com>
On 30/07/2021 15:29, Rich Freeman wrote:
> Honestly I feel like the whole SMR thing is a missed opportunity,
> mainly because manufacturers decided to use it as a way to save a few
> bucks instead of as a new technology that can be embraced as long as
> you understand its benefits and limitations. One thing I don't get is
> why it is showing up on all sorts of smaller drives.
It's showing up on desktops because - PROVIDED THE CACHE IS LARGER THAN
THE AMOUNT OF DOCUMENTS IS ABLE TO GET THROUGH - it performs just fine.
So if you're using a pre-installed OS, and you mostly use your computer
to surf the web, watch youtube videos, etc, you're not going to stress
said cache.
Then Windows decides to download a major update and response times go
pear-shaped ...
Basically, so long as you don't fill the cache, your typical luser is
unlikely to notice. The snag is people like us are much more likely to
do things that put the cache under i/o pressure, and it's like a
motorway - once the traffic goes above the carrying capacity, throughput
COLLAPSES.
Cheers,
Wol
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Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-14 4:50 [gentoo-user] cryptsetup close and device in use when it is not Dale
2021-06-15 13:48 ` Ramon Fischer
2021-06-15 14:21 ` Dale
2021-06-15 14:52 ` Jack
2021-06-15 15:26 ` Dale
2021-06-15 19:04 ` Ramon Fischer
2021-06-21 4:18 ` Dale
2021-06-21 4:49 ` Dale
2021-06-21 5:41 ` Dale
2021-06-21 5:59 ` Dale
2021-06-28 3:35 ` Dale
2021-07-05 3:19 ` Dale
2021-07-06 18:40 ` Ramon Fischer
2021-07-06 19:43 ` Dale
2021-07-07 14:48 ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2021-07-07 18:08 ` Dale
2021-07-08 8:20 ` Ramon Fischer
2021-07-12 8:31 ` Dale
2021-07-12 13:14 ` Ramon Fischer
2021-08-02 13:33 ` Dale
2021-08-09 13:38 ` Ramon Fischer
2021-09-19 11:55 ` Dale
2021-07-25 20:29 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-07-25 23:10 ` Dale
2021-07-26 21:00 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-07-26 22:48 ` Dale
2021-07-29 16:46 ` Wols Lists
2021-07-29 20:55 ` [gentoo-user] [OT] SMR drives (WAS: cryptsetup close and device in use when it is not) Frank Steinmetzger
2021-07-29 21:31 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-07-30 12:48 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-07-30 5:14 ` William Kenworthy
2021-07-30 14:29 ` Rich Freeman
2021-07-30 16:50 ` antlists [this message]
2021-07-30 18:38 ` Rich Freeman
2021-07-31 3:14 ` William Kenworthy
2021-07-31 3:50 ` Wols Lists
2021-07-31 4:58 ` William Kenworthy
2021-07-31 12:12 ` Rich Freeman
2021-08-01 0:41 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-08-01 0:56 ` Rich Freeman
2021-07-31 16:38 ` antlists
2021-08-01 0:50 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-08-01 3:36 ` William Kenworthy
2021-08-01 3:46 ` William Kenworthy
2021-08-01 21:38 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-08-02 5:38 ` William Kenworthy
2021-08-02 21:52 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-08-02 23:10 ` William Kenworthy
2021-08-03 8:18 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-08-05 20:40 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-08-06 7:22 ` William Kenworthy
2021-08-01 21:55 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-08-02 6:12 ` William Kenworthy
2021-08-02 22:03 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-08-02 23:35 ` William Kenworthy
2021-08-01 3:41 ` William Kenworthy
2021-08-01 21:41 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-07-31 12:21 ` Rich Freeman
2021-07-31 12:59 ` William Kenworthy
2021-07-31 13:30 ` Rich Freeman
2021-08-01 3:05 ` William Kenworthy
2021-08-01 11:37 ` Rich Freeman
2021-07-31 5:23 ` William Kenworthy
2021-06-15 17:48 ` [gentoo-user] Re: cryptsetup close and device in use when it is not Remy Blank
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