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| From | Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.embedded |
| Subject | Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? |
| Date | 2014-11-11 08:49 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <m3t44v$7bi$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <Q9c7w.764822$KL.491778@fx19.am4> <m3sk4a$b4r$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 11/11/2014 4:16 AM, Desk Rabbit wrote: > On 07/11/2014 23:00, 7 wrote: >> Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? >> --------------------------------------------- >> >> I did 4TB upgrade to 6TB and the whole process >> of backing up and fixing partitions took best part >> of half a day with Linux. >> >> Never heard of such things. >> >> But I remember back in May I did a 3TB to 4TB upgrade >> and it took best part of half a day with Linux as well. >> >> So these numbers seem to be real. >> >> (With windoops, you may as well reserve one or two >> weeks to do same feat ;) ) > > WRONG! > > The limiting factor is the transfer rate of the drive(s) and the spindle > speed (Along with the amount of data) not the OS. Wow, I didn't bother to read his propaganda but was he really suggesting that hard disks run faster within GNU/Linux? -- Silver Slimer OpenMedia Supporter www.silverlips.ca
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