Christopher Friedt wrote:
I've noticed a lot of the same things actually - I was using an Ubuntu LiveUSB for a while, with persistent storage, and that would be just brutal in terms of any disk I/O.
I guess that was deliberate because most users assume that if they hit save on their document and the screen says "saved", then they can rip the stick out after a few seconds (that's how windows works after all...). So based on the principle of least surprise I guess sync is a sensible choice for the masses?
What would be a compromise is if it's possible to set the sync time per device? Although isn't a flush implicit every 5 secs anyway on a default kernel?
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