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From: Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About
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Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 21:46:15 +0100
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On 19/05/2025 02:41, Stephen Fuld wrote:
> 
> It didn't make sense to, after executing the full track read, since the 
> disk was positioned at the end of the track, and you had a good 
> indication that it was a sequential file read, to start caching the next 
> track in anticipation of the next full track read?

It might if the disk was idle. But if there is a queue from another 
process it probably will be better to do that instead.

Andy

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