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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 16:30:16 +0100
From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.x has finally made it!
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Doug McNaught wrote:

> > Well, he wanted to benchmark everyday use, and disk latency is also an
> > issue for everyday use, of course;
> 
> But it's more a measure of your disk subsystem than your VM efficiency 
> (unless something is badly wrong). 

The matters are:

- "everyday use" (go with fsync() for mail)

- how good does VM cope with - say - "priority write" actions like
  fsync()?

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Matthias Andree
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