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Re:Is sequential IO dead in the era of the NVMe drive? by wtallis on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @03:22PM (#35892200)
I didn't say it was impossible, I said it is not always possible. Even the most advanced SSD firmware will cause write amplification for some pathological workloads.
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Re:Is sequential IO dead in the era of the NVMe drive? by xenadu02 on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:20PM (#35922566)
That's fair. For many systems you can come up with a pathological workload that defies any existing optimizations.
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