Re: [ANNOUNCE] Interbench v0.20 - Interactivity benchmark

[Bill Davidsen]

kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Quoting Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>:
>
>  

> > > > Disk tests should be at a fixed rate, not all you can do. That's NOT
> > > > realistic.
> > > >   
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > Not true; what you suggest is another thing to check entirely, and that
> > >      
> > would 
> >    
> >
> > > be a valid benchmark too. What I'm interested in is what happens if you read
> > >      
> > >
> > > or write a DVD ISO image for example to your hard disk and what this does to
> > >      
> > >
> > > interactivity. This sort of reading or writing is not throttled in real
> > >      
> > life.
> >    
> >
> > Of course it is. At least the read. It's limited to the speed needed to 
> > either play (watch) the image or to burn it.
> >    
>
> Ok we'll call it hair splitting. We do both. You read the file and I copy it.
> Both happen in real life, and I plan to emulate both.

And that sounds exactly correct.

--
bill davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
 CTO TMR Associates, Inc
 Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979

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