Comment by dspillett
1 day ago
SSDs often interface with their storage in different (larger) granularities than the OS meaning that even though the data is effectively more random at large scale due to wear leveling there are still benefits to keeping blocks that are sequential in your file sequential in the filesystem also. As well as a potential read boost, the larger blocks introduce a read-before-write issue that can allow multiple close updates.
The difference is very small when compared to the differences between solid state and spinning rust based solutions, but definitely measurable, particularly on drives with DRAM cache, and in some cases human-noticable.
Actually read the article and you'll see the author specifically talks about this begin part of why this side project started (though I suspect nostalgia is the true driving force as there are more efficient ways of addressing that matter!).
I'm pretty sure you don't understand how threads in discussion works.
But, hey. Atleast you can write ~1000 chars with absolutelly no substance fo prove that you know nothing about the topic. What a life to live.
You pretty being sure of that and not understanding the relevance of the reply, makes me very sure that you are the one without a clue. And you sound like a bit of dick on top. I wish you luck in your future endeavours.