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Isn't it intuitively obvious, though? At the beginning of the disk, the radial velocity of each sector is much higher than at the end of the disk. It stands t
by actually_a_dog 5y ago
Isn't it intuitively obvious, though? At the beginning of the disk, the radial velocity of each sector is much higher than at the end of the disk. It stands to reason you should want your swap file to be where it can be most quickly accessed, and that higher radial velocity should translate directly into lower seek times.
- dragontamer 5y agoNot really. The physical disks used most at that era were CDs and DVDs. Both of which have angular recording. Which means that CDs and DVDs are always read at the same speed, no matter where the laser / read head is. Only those who really worked with hard drives noticed the speed increase at the inner ring.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoLater optical drives employed constant speed spindles.
- folmar 5y ago> CDs and DVDs are always read at the same speed, no matter where the laser / read head is. This is only true for "slow" drives, CD drives faster than 12x typically use CAV and DVD drives >= 8x use CAV or Z-CLV (sometimes P-CAV).
- meragrin_ 5y ago> Isn't it intuitively obvious, though? At the beginning of the disk Where's the intuitive start or end of the disk? I knew the answer was the tracks furthest from the center. Whether that was the beginning or end, I couldn't tell you.