From: Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> If that's the case, then who's actually using linear mode?
>
> Me, for a start! I found it very useful to be able to combine together
> a few scraps of spare space on a number of mounted disks to create a
> scratch partition of useful size.
Why not use striping instead? Isn't the distinction that linear fills one disk
up, then the next, etc, whereas striping alternates writes to each disk, taking
advantage of SCSI bus mastering, for example?
Because you probably force drive seeks...and it's only for scratch
afterall. Think about how much possible data transfer is lost during
a 9 msec seek (don't forget to consider the return seek). You want
your disks organized to minimize seeks for best overall
performance...this doesn't mean RAID everything.
