Re: [LAD] [OT] bash vs disk activity

From: Forest Bond <forest@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Oct 10 2007 - 13:37:55 EEST

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 09:51:35AM +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 09:16 -0400, Forest Bond wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 01:11:38PM +0200, Lars Luthman wrote:
> > > Slightly-slower-hack: add the 'sync' option to whatever script or config
> > > file is used to mount the device (/etc/fstab, udev rules, KDE service
> > > menu etc). That way all writes will be synchronised automatically.
> >
> > It sounds like this doesn't matter much for you, but keep in mind that -o
> > sync doesn't cause reads to be unbuffered, so don't go trying to benchmark
> > your flash devices that way!
>
> Hmm, I need speed and accuracy.

But only for writes, no?

-Forest

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Forest Bond
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