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According to ChatGPT, a tape device is actually considered a "slow device". Even though I'm not sure it's that unpredictable. Maybe for most common use cases it
by jstimpfle 1y ago
According to ChatGPT, a tape device is actually considered a "slow device". Even though I'm not sure it's that unpredictable. Maybe for most common use cases it is.
I was under the impression that seeking a disk you can generally calculate well with 10ms? Again, it depends on the file system abstractions built on top, and then the cache and the current system load -- how many seeks will be required?