Why are you making such a big deal about a passing comment?
are useless for mono-threaded applications
A few thoughts:
- Did I suggest otherwise?
(Hint: NO!)
- Do you run all your programs on dedicated systems with no other processes (system or user) running?
Cos if not, your disk accesses are probably benefiting from disk scheduling algorithms as we speak.
- What do you know about RK05 disk packs mounted for dedicated use? How about BasicPlus virtual arrays?
Perhaps you don't know as much as you think.
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