Re: Disk drive zero-fill benchmarks for various synchronization methods and block sizes

[Rick Thomas]

On Fri, Sep 13, 2024, at 5:00 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
...
> So the answer to
> the question "is running sync needed after dd to block device" is
> no. Someone else posted that too on this list recently, in another
> thread.

On the other hand, it may not be necessary, but it doesn't do any harm.  If it 
is really unnecessary, it will probably cost only a fraction of a second to do. 
 And if it is actually necessary, you should do it, no matter how long it takes.

Rick