[H-GEN] partition advice

[Robert Brockway]

On 25 Feb 1999, Jason Henry Parker wrote:

> (And another thing---if hda1 is a "fast" partition, then doesn't that
> mean that the end of hdan (where n is the last partition on the disk)
> is also "fast"?  :)

The beginning of hda1 should be at the very outside of the disk, which is
supposed to be the fastest area of the disk.  Even though diks do play
with geometry, the partitions should still be contiguous.

> IMHO, bothering about where your partitions are is a bit pointless as
> I doubt you'll get much of a performance increase by not having your
> head move too far too often.  As Martin indicated, it's all about
> caching anyway, so you might as well just get more RAM and never have
> to touch your disk except on boot or write.  :)

I estimate the speed increase might be 1-2% perhaps.  Not alot really, and
the points about caching are important.  However, it is important to
remember that you can't (yet) cache an entire disk, so the hit rate is not
100% so the disk setup does play some part.
Cheers,
	-Robert

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