Though slightly off topic, this article prompts me to ask the following question:
With solid state disks (SSD) becoming ever more abundant, is there any utility to optimize file systems for the new hardware? By this I am driving at the point that many file systems presume they are witting with a traditional hard disk. They assume things like tracks, cylinders, and heads are down there somewhere. These assumptions are present in the structuring and subsequent optimization of the file system's source code.
Do current SSDs use the cylinders & heads metaphor in their hardware controller? Do they implement something new?
Presumably, people are all over this issue (or possibly not, this may be a non-issue). Who are these people, and where do I read about their work?
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Though slightly off topic, this article prompts me to ask the following question:
With solid state disks (SSD) becoming ever more abundant, is there any utility to optimize file systems for the new hardware? By this I am driving at the point that many file systems presume they are witting with a traditional hard disk. They assume things like tracks, cylinders, and heads are down there somewhere. These assumptions are present in the structuring and subsequent optimization of the file system's source code.
Do current SSDs use the cylinders & heads metaphor in their hardware controller? Do they implement something new?
Presumably, people are all over this issue (or possibly not, this may be a non-issue). Who are these people, and where do I read about their work?