Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:41:14 -0800 (PST) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: fsync on large files |
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On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Alan Cox wrote: > > I've also destroyed maxtors with synchronous syslog. I dont think any > > drive is up to the task of 50 writes/sec on the same spot on the disk 24/7 > > for weeks on end. > According to the vendors own claims it is. From my own experience the > ibm drives seem to take it fine, and worse.
Write a program which sync writes to the same spot 50 times/sec 24/7 and get back to me in two months or so if your ibm drive is still alive.
Thats 129,600,000 writes to the same sector on the disk each month.
> Find a drive maker who cross ships faulty drives and send them one every > two weeks until they fix it
Unfortunately they all (seagate, maxtor, etc) expect you to pay for shipping so it could end up being a rather expensive experiment. Besides the fact they die after 2 months not 2 weeks it could also be a very long experiment.
-Dan
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