I would have thought that for cached drives this becomes a moot point as such a high percentage of hits come from cache.
Matt -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2003 10:35 AM > To: debian user list > Subject: Partitioning for Speed > > > I've seen a reference to two regarding the location of a > partition on the HDD being faster than other parts of the > HDD. I've been trying to get a definitive answer on this and > it's still not clear to me. > > 1. What part of the HDD is faster, the inside (closest to the center > of the platter) or the outside? > > It makes some sense to me that the outside would be faster due the > fact that it's moving faster, but this may not be a determining > factor. > > 2. When using cfdisk to partition, does it start the first partition > by default at the beginning, or on the inside, of the HDD? > > IIRC, it refers to this as "the beginning of the free space". > > 3. I would want to put my swap and / partitions in the fastest part > of the HDD, leaving /home and /usr/local for the rest of the > drive. Does this make sense? [That's how I like to partition, > those four mount points.] > > My intention here is to learn about the HDD and partitioning > for speed in general. My purpose is general usage, nothing specific. > > thanks, > jc > > -- > Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer > Diggin' Debian Admin and User > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
