Sujet : Re: Shutdown - 25 Years Later
De : tnp (at) *nospam* invalid.invalid (The Natural Philosopher)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 22. Apr 2025, 12:13:18
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On 22/04/2025 10:27, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-04-22 11:03, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 22/04/2025 09:35, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-04-21 02:29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On 21 Apr 2025 08:24:22 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
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It sounds like they're talking about the cache in the drive itself,
making sure data is physically written out before power-off.
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Unfortunately, you could be right.
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I say “unfortunately“, because I think it’s a dumb idea for drives to have
their own cache.
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Not at all. There is a huge speed improvement.
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The key is to have a large enough capacitor in the drive to flush all those caches on power off.
Or power off by command, not pulling the cable.
The reason you pull the cable is
(i) the electricity company did it for you
(ii) the power off button/command didn't work.
(iii) There was no swap left and you couldn't even log in to issue the shutdown command
-- It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.Mark Twain
Re: Shutdown - 25 Years Later
Re: Shutdown - 25 Years Later