Re: ssd optimised mode

[Dmitri Nikulin <dnikulin@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Martin K. Petersen
<martin.petersen@oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Dmitri" =3D=3D Dmitri Nikulin <dnikulin@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Dmitri> If that's the case, why is it marketed for Windows Vista only=
,
> Dmitri> and referring to filesystem features like marking unused bloc=
ks?
> Dmitri> Surely if it was at the device level it would be OS-neutral, =
and
> Dmitri> marketed as such.
>
> The article you posted references some benchmarketing numbers involvi=
ng
> Vista. =C2=A0That does not imply it's a Windows-only product.
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExtremeFFS

So it seems. I misread the marketing material, and I'm very relieved
that Linux will benefit just as much from the improvement, indeed
probably better. Thank you very much for correcting me, Martin and
Dongjun.


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Dmitri Nikulin

Centre for Synchrotron Science
Monash University
Victoria 3800, Australia
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