On Fri, 4 May 2007, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Given that small block sizes give us better storage efficiency,
> which means less disk bandwidth used, which means less time
> to get the data off of a slow disk (especially if you can
> put multiple files you want simultaneously in that same space).
> I'm not convinced that large block sizes are a clear disk performance
> advantage, so we should not neglect the small file sizes.
And the 50% gain in the benchmarks means what? That the device
manufacturers have to redesign their chips?
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