[lug] my "no-data-movement" file-copy attempt

[Doug Pintar]

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From: "Lee Woodworth" <blug-mail at duboulder.com>
To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List" 
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Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [lug] my "no-data-movement" file-copy attempt


> On 10/18/2011 09:34 AM, Zan Lynx wrote:
>> Beyond that, I am not surprised that a 250 GB drive is half as fast as
>> the 500 GB drive. One hard drive performance parameter is the density of
>> data on a track. A drive with double the data density will have double
>> the transfer rate, if the spin rate and track spacing are the same.
>
> That's an interesting idea. Another variable could be the data placement
> on the drive. If tracks near the spindle have a different transfer rate
> than tracks at the edge of the platter the placement could make a 
> difference.
> Anybody know how modern drives are?
>
As far as I know, modern drives put more sectors per track as you move 
toward the outer tracks, so the transfer rate remains relatively constant.
Doug Pintar