On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:29:21PM +0000, Randolf Richardson, DevNet SysOp 29 wrote:
> Actually, NetWare is one OS that does this, and has been doing so
> since the 1980s with version 2 (version 6.5 is the current version today).
> They have a Patented caching algorithm called "Elevator Seeking" which both
> prolongs the life of the drive by reducing wear-and-tear and improving
> read/write performance by minimizing seek operations.
Huh, is this different from your ordinary elevator algorithm? I'd be
surprised if there was an OS which didn't use something like that ...
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