On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 17:42 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Yeah. Nevertheless I like the way effective_spindle_count works, as
> opposed to an unintuitive "number of blocks to prefetch" (assuming the
> formula we use to turn the former into latter works). Perhaps we should
> keep the meaning the same, but call it "effective_io_concurrency"?
> Something that conveys the idea of "how many simultaneous I/O requests
> the I/O subsystem can handle", without referring to any specific
> technology. That concept applies to SANs and RAM drives as well.
You've spoiled all the fun now with a good suggestion.
I was looking forward to the Jules Verne-like nostalgia of the other
suggestion over the years to come.
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