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Subject: RE: Re[2]: HDD read ahead cache
From: Nielsen Linus (ext) (Linus.Nielsen_at_elema.siemens.se)
Date: 2002-08-15

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> But when I read the same sector from disk every minute and the disk
> spins up every time (my 2nd test), it obviously doesn't use the read
> cache. Or do you have another idea why this happened?

Maybe the cache is invalidated when the drive goes to sleep?

/Linus

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