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From: "Ray Lee" <ray-lk@madrabbit.org>
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On 7/29/07, Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/29/2007 03:12 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
> > More radically if anyone wants to do real researchy type work - how about
> > log structured swap with a cleaner  ?
>
> Right over my head. Why does log-structure help anything?

Log structured disk layouts allow for better placement of writeout, so
that you cn eliminate most or all seeks. Seeks are the enemy when
trying to get full disk bandwidth.

google on log structured disk layout, or somesuch, for details.

Ray